Catullus 63: A 'Hellenistic Poem'?

AbstractThis article gives a survey and analysis of the Hellenistic elements in Catullus 63. After a description of the poem's Hellenistic background it is argued that in this poem Catullus makes a selective, but careful and creative use of Hellenistic elements, with a certain focus on the mean...

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Published inMnemosyne Vol. 57; no. 5; pp. 574 - 595
Main Author Harder, Annette
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Netherlands Brill 01.01.2004
BRILL
Brill Academic Publishers, Inc
Subjects
Allusion
Catullus, Gaius Valerius
Epigrams
Greek civilization
Hymns
Lions
Literary criticism
Literary style
Lyric poetry
Narrative poetry
Poetic meter
Poetry
Religious poetry
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Summary:AbstractThis article gives a survey and analysis of the Hellenistic elements in Catullus 63. After a description of the poem's Hellenistic background it is argued that in this poem Catullus makes a selective, but careful and creative use of Hellenistic elements, with a certain focus on the means of allusion and Kreuzung der Gattungen. In doing so he alerts the reader to the poem's position within the literary tradition and within his own corpus. The meta-poetic aspects of his treatment of Hellenistic elements may require further exploration.
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ISSN:0026-7074
1568-525X
0026-7074
DOI:10.1163/1568525043057883