The Elegies of Maximianus ed. by A. M. Juster (review)
The subject is old age, and Maximianus states that what was fitting/appropriate then (in youth) now (when he is old) carries guilt—a point he varies in the next couplet (103–4), diversos diversa iuvant: non omnibus annis / omnia conveniunt: res prius apta nocet. Juster offers details that help to ma...
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Published in | Journal of Late Antiquity Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 258 - 260 |
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Format | Journal Article Book Review |
Language | English |
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University Press
01.04.2019
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Summary: | The subject is old age, and Maximianus states that what was fitting/appropriate then (in youth) now (when he is old) carries guilt—a point he varies in the next couplet (103–4), diversos diversa iuvant: non omnibus annis / omnia conveniunt: res prius apta nocet. Juster offers details that help to make difficult moments in the text more legible, and that deepen the reading experience by illuminating significant features of Maximianus’ poetry and by discussing relevant contextual material. In some instances, Juster interprets the function and force of a parallel; at other points, he simply cites the echo, thus opening a way to further exploration of how the poet worked with and in the classical literary tradition and adapted it to his own purposes. |
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ISSN: | 1939-6716 1942-1273 1942-1273 |
DOI: | 10.1353/jla.2019.0014 |