His Turn to Cry

” Tibullus’ Marathus Cycle (1.4, 1.8 and 1.9) and Roman Elegy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9318934
AutoresMegan O Drinkwater (autor correspondente), MEGAN O DRINKWATER MEGAN O DRINKWATER
Ano2012
Volume107
Fascículo4
Páginas423-423
Data de publicação2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Classical Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0009-8353 • E-ISSN: 2327-5812
EditoraClassical Association of the Middle West and South (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/tcj.2012.0030
OpenAlexW4255940274
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas40
Referências citadas12

This article rcsituates the Marathus cycle, unique in Roman elegy for its focus on homoerotic love, within its wider elegiac context, arguing that the poems may he read as an encapsulation of elegy as a whole. It focuses on the interchangeability of male and female roles to illustrate how the characters that populate these elegies both typify and reinforce the norms of Latin love elegy while nonetheless retaining the centrality of elegy’s male speaker

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