NON TAMEN INSECTOR : YOUR MUSE NO MORE (PROPERTIUS 4.7.49–50).
This note on Propertius 4.7 argues that Cynthia, repeatedly cast in the role of the poet's Muse, rejects the burden of inspiration through a learned choice of words (non tamen insector , 4.7.49). The verb insector constitutes a clear reference to the invocation of the Camena in Livius Andronicus and...
| Published in: | Classical Quarterly Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 941 - 945 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2023
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