Chaucer's "Desert of Libye," Venus, and Jove ("The Hous of Fame," 486-87).

Author / Editor
Steadman, John M.

Title
Chaucer's "Desert of Libye," Venus, and Jove ("The Hous of Fame," 486-87).

Published
Modern Language Notes 76.3 (1961): 196-201.

Description
Explores the mythological tradition which "linked Jupiter with the sands of Libya" as well as "Venus' association with the wilderness of Libya," helping to clarify Chaucer's reference to the "desert of Libye" in HF and his use of Virgil's "Aeneid" as a source.

Chaucer Subjects
House of Fame
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations