Virgilian and Ovidian Tree Similes in 'Troilus and Criseyde' 2.1373-84
- Author / Editor
- Reid, Lindsay Ann.
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