Vol. 3 No. 1 (1977): III - 1977, fascicolo 1
Articoli

Pro qua non metuam mori... Pro quo bis patiar mori (Hor., carm. 3, 9, 11-15)

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  • Aldo Setaioli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-19919

Published 2016-12-13

Keywords

  • Horace,
  • erotic poetry,
  • funerary poetry
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Abstract

In this passage, Horace gives an erotic twist to a theme current in funerary poetry: the wish to die in lieu of the beloved, with reference to the Alcestis myth.

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