Vol. 11 No. 1 (1985): XI - 1985, fascicolo 1
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Conventional Topics of Invective in Alcaeus

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  • Malcolm Davies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-19052

Published 2016-09-19

Keywords

  • Alcaeus,
  • invective
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Abstract

The extant fragments of Alcaeus’ poems display a wide range of topics of invective that will later become usual in political struggle, Attic comedy, and rhetoric: racial and physical characteristics, social status, sexual attitudes, gluttony, political insanity, animal-like behaviour.
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