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Rosae sub signo, anotaciones a un símil clásico // Rosae sub signo, Notes on a Classical Simile
In the Western tradition, the flower is often imbued of symbolic meaning and associated with beauty, love, and sensuality. This note studies a string of literary relations that can be established around a floral image in the poetry of four Renaissance ...
Jesús Ponce Cárdenas
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The figure of Lesbia in Catullus’ in Verona poetry
The present article inquiries into problems related to the figure of Lesbia in ancient Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus poetry. The research is done on Lesbia’s archetype known as Clodia Metelli, and her relationship with Catullus in Verona. The choice
Bragova Arina Mikhailovna +1 more
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Resepsies van Catullus se Carmen XLIX
Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84-c. 54 v.C.), die Romeinse digter wat veral bekend is vir sy verse aan sy geliefde Lesbia, het benewens liefdesgedigte ook ’n hele aantal verse geskryf waarin van sy lydgenote figureer.
J. Swanepoel
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The article aims to investigate Cicero’s epistle Fam. 15.21 (46 BC), which is addressed to Trebonius, a former colleague of him and now a lieutenant of Caesar, and deals with the oratory of Calvus, an Atticist (and Catullus’ best friend), to whom Cicero ...
Francesca Boldrer
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Review of The Books of Catullus, Gaius Valerius Catullus (edited and translated by Simon Smith), Carcanet Classics, 2016; pbk, £12 ...
Röck, Tina; id_orcid
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Scandalisation, gender and space in ancient Rome: The case of Cicero and Clodia
Abstract This article analyses the public attack on Clodia Metelli, a Roman aristocratic woman, by the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in a trial in 56 BCE. Drawing on modern scandal theory, this article analyses how Cicero uses scandal dynamics to turn Clodia, the witness in the case, into the culprit.
Muriel Moser
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El mundo amoroso de Catulo y de la Roma de finales de la República
The poet Catullus decribes the love affaires of a Roman high society woman, Lesbia, the Clodia, sister of the deputy of Caesar. Lesbia was a married woman, elegantly and rich. She had many lovers at the same time.
José María Blázquez Martínez
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Abstract The patrician Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) is well known for having been both a first‐class humanist and a figurehead of the Venetian government in the new territories of the Stato da Terra. This article explores the pioneering use of humanist culture in the official praises he received during his political career, which helped shape a ...
Clémence Revest
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