Ovid and Chaucer's Myth of Theseus and Piritheüs.
- Author / Editor
- Hoffman, Richard L.
Ovid and Chaucer's Myth of Theseus and Piritheüs.
- Published
- English Language Notes 2.4 (1965): 252-57.
- Description
- Identifies Ovid as the ultimate source of Chaucer's references to the friendship of Theseus and Piritheus in KnT, perhaps mediated by the "Roman de la Rose 8148-54 or moralizations of Ovid's works.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Knight and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations