Ovid and Chaucer's Myth of Theseus and Piritheüs.

Author / Editor
Hoffman, Richard L.

Title
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