In this article, I examine the nature of Dido’s magic ritual in Aeneid 4, reading it as a magic ritual aimed at inducing forgetfulness. I argue that in burning his belongings, Dido intends to forget Aeneas and not to destroy him; for this purpose, I study this episode in the light of non-literary sources and of the poetic tradition concerning love magic and the obliteration of memory.

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魔术与记忆：狄更斯在《埃涅达》 4中引发健忘的仪式

在本文中，我研究了《埃涅达4》中迪多魔术仪式的性质，将其视为旨在引起健忘的魔术仪式。我认为狄多在烧毁自己的财物时打算忘记埃涅阿斯而不是消灭他。为此，我根据非文学资料和关于爱情魔法和抹杀记忆的诗意传统来研究这一集。