Embraces in Aeneid 8

Abstract Venus and Vulcan, Aeneas, Pallas Aeneas Evander, Evander Pallas: all of these pairs are seen embracing one another in Aeneid 8. Alongside emotive scenes embrace, the book is peppered with embrace-related vocabulary, imagery, metaphor, often surprising contexts. This article weaves together embraces 8 relation to thematics as a whole. It proposed that, when read together, tell story about possibilities knowledge senses. Vision supreme sense-modality truth epic, embodied shield Aeneas; yet, 8, embrace emerges way knowing that runs counter optical discourses knowledge. leads an exploratory reconsideration hermeneutic principles light Aeneas’ much-puzzled-over response shield.