Interpolating an isthmus
Juvenal 6.294–7
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664396 |
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| Authors | Michael Hendry (0000-0002-1597-6183, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 323-327 |
| Publication date | 1997-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cq/47.1.323 |
| OpenAlex | W2043487264 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
R. J. Tarrant has remarked that ‘Latin poets from Ovid onward...felt an almost irresistible urge to mention the Isthmus of Corinth wherever possible’,2 and A. E. Housman admitted to a similar, though less urgent, inclination to introduce the city of Corinth into the passage quoted: ‘inter 295 et 296 excidisse uidetur uersus cuius clausula fuerit Corinthus’. Corinth would, of course, be very much at home in this list of depraved and wealthy (or formerly wealthy) Greek cities, and would suitably head the list
Ancient history · Art · Geography · Humanities · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History
| Highly cited | No |
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