Chaucer's Zanzis and a Possible Source for 'Troilus and Criseyde,' IV, 407-413
- Author / Editor
- Fry, Donald K.
Chaucer's Zanzis and a Possible Source for 'Troilus and Criseyde,' IV, 407-413
- Published
- English Language Notes 9 (1971): 81-85.
- Description
- Proposes that Cicero's "De Inventione" is the source of TC 4.407-13; the subsequent reference (4.414-15) to "Zanzis" is Chaucer's corruption of "Zeuxis."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Troilus and Criseyde
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations