As Plutarch's 'Quaestiones Romanae' 10 summarizes, the origins and meaning of the Roman custom of veiling one's head during several religious ceremonies were for long and thoroughly discussed by ancient historians, grammaticians, poets and philosophers. The surviving sources demonstrate the existence of at least three different explanations: the 'customary', the allegorical and the ritual one.
Rivoltella, M., 'Velare comas' (Aen. III, 405): Virgilio e il dibattito antico su origine e significato della velazione maschile nella religione romana, <<AEVUM ANTIQUUM>>, 2023; NS 2023 (23): 259-281 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/290036]
'Velare comas' (Aen. III, 405): Virgilio e il dibattito antico su origine e significato della velazione maschile nella religione romana
Rivoltella, Massimo
2023
Abstract
As Plutarch's 'Quaestiones Romanae' 10 summarizes, the origins and meaning of the Roman custom of veiling one's head during several religious ceremonies were for long and thoroughly discussed by ancient historians, grammaticians, poets and philosophers. The surviving sources demonstrate the existence of at least three different explanations: the 'customary', the allegorical and the ritual one.
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