Resumen de Leaving Troy and Creusa: Reflections on Aeneas’ flight
Virgil shapes the episode of Creusa’s disappearance in Aen. 2 after the models of Orpheus and Eurydice in Georgics 4 and of Hector and Andromache in Iliad 6. Comparison with these husband-wife scenes challenges a straightforward understanding of Aeneas’ pietas. While displaying the contradictions of Aeneas’ character, the loss of Creusa emphasizes his forgetfulness, which is consistently present throughout Aen. 2.
