[All]: The description of the fate of Plácitus’ wife comes earlier in the narrative sequence in both Pl and the C text of the saga than in the Lat. and A text (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxiii). This restructuring has the effect of increasing the dramatic tension concerning Theopista’s suffering at the hands of her captor.
References
- Bibliography
- Louis-Jensen, Jonna, ed. 1998. ‘Plácitus drápa’. In Tucker 1998, 89-130.
- Internal references
- 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Króka-Refs saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1186-1190. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=39> (accessed 26 April 2024)
- Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Plácitusdrápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 179-220. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1039> (accessed 26 April 2024)