Virgilian and Ovidian Tree Similes in 'Troilus and Criseyde' 2.1373-84

Author / Editor
Reid, Lindsay Ann.

Title
Virgilian and Ovidian Tree Similes in 'Troilus and Criseyde' 2.1373-84

Published
Explicator 72.02 (2014): 158-62.

Description
Identifies the classical sources (Virgil and Ovid) and explores the implications of two tree metaphors that Pandarus uses to encourage Troilus to court Criseyde.

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations