Ellen Oliensis in her essay "Sons and lovers: sexuality and gender in Virgil's poetry" (10/14/12) implies that Virgil makes consistent ideas of sexuality and gender differences prominent in his writing. The author examines each of Virgil's major works, The Georgics, Eclogues, and Aeneid individually and explains his topic specific to each poem. Oliensis aims to give the reader a good insight as to how and where in his works Virgil depicts sexuality and gender to show he or she certain consistencies and general remarks that can be found within the poems. The author most likely intends to give this knowledge to those who will or have read Virgil's poems so that they can utilize what they have learned.
I think this was the most interesting article I've read up until now. It was very persuasive and I did not question the author's arguments much at all. The author supported her points with many examples from each of the works, showing that her interpretations and conclusions were valid. I will keep this article in mind because it is one that I could use for my research project, along with my other sources from JSTOR.
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