Silva, Gabriel A. F.2021-11-162021-11-162021Silva, Gabriel A.F. " Magic and Memory", Mnemosyne 74, 6 (2020): 1001-1014, doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568525X-BJA100470026-7074http://hdl.handle.net/10451/50119In 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.engMagicMemoryForgetfulnessDidoVergiljournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1163/1568525X-bja100471568-525X