Greco-roman mythology and nature in the representations of love and erotics in Glaura of Silva Alvarenga

Authors

  • Alessandro Eloy Braga Centro de Estudos Clássicos e Humanísticos da Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade do Porto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3207-8112

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-7260_64_10

Keywords:

Silva Alvarenga, Glaura, Greco-Roman mythology, Brazilian Neoclassicism, Arcadism

Abstract

Silva Alvarenga is a Brazilian Arcadism poet and, as such, his neoclassical poetry shows strong influence of the ancient culture of Greco-Roman origin. In this article, we discuss the representation of love in the verses that compose his book Glaura: erotic poems, published in 1799, clarifying the relations between loving feeling and references to images of nature and Greco-Roman mythology used to compose the bucolic scenery of the encounter between lover and beloved.

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Published

2019-12-13

How to Cite

Braga, A. E. (2019). Greco-roman mythology and nature in the representations of love and erotics in Glaura of Silva Alvarenga. Boletim De Estudos Clássicos, (64), 173-205. https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-7260_64_10

Issue

No. 64 (2019): Boletim de Estudos Clássicos N64

Section

Classical Tradition

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