التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Sus and Mus in Lucretius (De rerum natura 5.25), Vergil (Georgics 1.181), and Horace (Ars poetica 139). |
| المؤلفون: |
Gellar-Goad, T. H. M.1 |
| المصدر: |
Classical Philology. Oct2023, Vol. 118 Issue 4, p536-542. 7p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*THEMATIC analysis, *HEXAMETER, *RHYTHM, *MODERN literature |
| People: |
LUCRETIUS Carus, Titus, ca. 99 B.C.-55 B.C. |
| مستخلص: |
This note argues that the Lucretian hexameter-final monosyllable Arcadius sus (5.25) stands at the beginning of a Roman hexameter tradition of satiric final-monosyllable animals, echoed by Vergil's exiguus mus at Georgics 1.181 and Horace's ridiculus mus at Ars poetica 139. Lucretius' sus , in context, deflates and deglamorizes the boarish Labor of Hercules; Vergil's mus makes the satiric subtext explicit, and playfully suggests that pest control is a Herculean task; Horace's mus folds the satiric epic pattern in on itself, by using it to satirize epic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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