ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the works of Raval, Debrohun, and others by examining two further examples of female-to-male cross-dressing in Latin literature. It is namely Clodia from Cicero's Pro Caelio and Camilla from Vergil's Aeneid, in order to demonstrate some patterns in the representation of female-to-male cross-dressing. The cross-dressing of these two female characters within the context of the works in which they appear – bearing in mind the generic conventions and the structure of each work – and integrate its readings into the socio-political setting in which these two works were created. The chapter suggests that this pattern has much to do with the perception that elite women were, increasing their participation in the male-dominated political world. In light of this, male authors' unsympathetic depiction of these female-to-male cross-dressing episodes, especially their emphasis on the female failure to cross-dress convincingly as men, can be interpreted as an attempt to put women 'back in their place'.
