The two female duces in the Aeneid: The comparing the figures of Camilla and Dido through an analysis of the common adjectives used to describe them

Abstract

This article analyzes the figure of Camilla in the Aeneid and compares it with the renow-ned figure of Dido to identify the principal similarities and differences between them. In particular, tobetter understand Virgil’s view of the two, I collect and comment on the adjectives used to describe both figures and show that the majority are used with different meanings and for different purposes, emphasizing the uniqueness of the two duces in the poem