Notes on Catullus and Ovid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664802 |
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| Authors | W A Camps (University of North Carolina at Pembroke, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 519-521 |
| Publication date | 1987-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800030767 |
| OpenAlex | W2077301851 |
| Language | EN |
The writer purports to be conversing with the door of a house, now owned by a man named Caecilius, which is alleged to have harboured a scandal in the time of its previous occupants. For this the speaker reproaches the door, as having through negligence been partly responsible. The door replies (beginning at line 9) that it is wholly innocent in the matter; but people lay blame on it for everything that is done amiss. Line 12, in the door's speech, is obviously corrupt, and the greater part of it is obelized by editors accordingly
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| Highly cited | No |
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