Hinc Omnis Pendet
Old Comedy and Roman Satire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9382829 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan H Sommerstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-38 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8418 • E-ISSN: 1558-9234 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/clw.2011.0109 |
| OpenAlex | W2025228135 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article reconsiders the relationship between Horace’s iter Brundisinum ( Sat. 1.5), Lucilius’ iter Siculum (book 3), and Aristophanes’ Frogs . It argues that both Horace’s poem and Lucilius’ are more extensively indebted to Frogs than had previously been recognized; that Horace’s claim ( Sat . 1.4.1–7) that Lucilius was “totally dependent” on Old Comedy has a superficial plausibility if one considers only Lucilius’ first three books, though hardly applicable to his whole corpus; and that Horace chose to link Lucilian satura with Old Comedy, rather than with Archilochus and the iambographers, because in his Epodes he was presenting himself as Archilochus’ heir
Art · Comedy · Humanities · Literature · Poetry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |