Allusive Translation and Chronological Paradox in Varro of Atax’s Argonautae

Bibliographic Data

ID9344822
AuthorsChristopher B Polt (corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume134
Issue4
Pages603-636
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe American Journal of Philology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9475 • E-ISSN: 1086-3168
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/ajp.2013.0038
OpenAlexW1994639119
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited51

Catullus 64 revises traditional mythological chronology by making the Argo the first ship; this “correction” strongly influenced subsequent Latin poetry. Varro of Atax, a young contemporary of Catullus, alludes to this temporal “correction” and to poem 64 more broadly in his Latin translation of Apollonius’ Argonautica , problematizing his principal source text. This allusive technique reveals a complex recreative relationship between translation and source text vis-à-vis other poems that allude to and “correct” this source. Ovid nods at Varro’s “correction” significantly and repeatedly. Varro played an important role as an allusive bridge between Neoteric and Augustan poetry and poetics

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