J A Barsby

Biographic Data

ID1429359
NAMEJ A Barsby
GIVEN NAMESJ A
FAMILY NAMEBarsby
SIGNATUREBARSBY J A
AFFILIATIONS1University of OTAGO (New Zealand)
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
H-INDEX1

  • Problems of Adaptation in the Eunuchus of Terence

    Open AccessJ A Barsby, John BarsbyCHAPTERIntertextualität in der…1993

    The relationship of Terence’s Eunuchus to its Greek originals has been much discussed. The play was subjected to detailed analysis by a succession of German scholars in the earlier part of this century; these analyses disagreed in detail but they all envisaged considerable modification by Terence of the Eunouchos of Menander which was his main model. In 1959 Walther Ludwig published a major article which patiently demolished these earlier analyse…

  • Propertius Iii 20

    J A Barsby, John BarsbyARTICLEMnemosyne1975Cited by: 1

  • Rhythmical Factors in Catullus 72, 75, and 85

    J A Barsby, John BarsbyARTICLEPhoenix1975

    CATULLUS' ELEGIAC VERSE is predominantly spondaic. He has dactyls in only 37 per cent of the variable feet (that is, in the first four feet of the hexameter and the first two of the pentameter), as against 44 per cent in Propertius, 48 per cent in Tibullus, and 57 per cent in Ovid.1 This being so, predominantly dactylic passages or couplets stand out, and invite the assumption that some special effect is intended. It is the purpose of this articl…