Catullus' Lament for Lesbia's Passer in the Context of Pet-Keeping.

In the last three lines of Catullus' 'dead sparrow' poem (... o miselle passer! / tua nunc opera meae puellae / flendo turgiduli rubent ocelli, Catull. 3.16–18), the poet turns his attention from the fate of the passer to the effect that its death has on Lesbia. What is remarkable here is the accumu...

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Publicado en:Antichthon Vol. 55; pp. 21 - 35
Autor principal: Watson, Patricia
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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