JOSEPH OF EXETER'S PAGAN GODS AGAIN

JOSEPH OF EXETER'S PAGAN GODS AGAIN

Rigg discusses the function of the pagan gods in Joseph of Exeter's "Ylias." Rigg believes that Joseph is not consistent in his treatment of the gods, and Rigg categorizes the apparently different attitudes that Joseph expresses. Joseph's picture of a pagan poet with a vague know...

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Published in:Medium aevum Vol. 70; no. 1; pp. 19 - 28
Main Author: RIGG, A. G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature 01-01-2001
Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature
Subjects:
Attitudes
Christianity
Deities
Fortune
History and sciences of religions
Irony
Joseph of Exeter
Literary criticism
Literary studies. Texts. Editions
Mars
Mediaeval church
Metonymy
Overall studies
Paganism & animism
Poetry
Poets
Prophecy
Skepticism
Venus
Wisdom
Mythology
Literary analysis
Fate
Gods
English literature
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Summary:Rigg discusses the function of the pagan gods in Joseph of Exeter's "Ylias." Rigg believes that Joseph is not consistent in his treatment of the gods, and Rigg categorizes the apparently different attitudes that Joseph expresses. Joseph's picture of a pagan poet with a vague knowledge of Christian history might account for many of the apparent inconsistencies in his attitudes to gods, omens, fate, and prophecies.
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ISSN:0025-8385
2398-1423
DOI:10.2307/43630337