Between querellae and the ars: sketches of a rhetoric of seduction in Ovid’s Heroide 15
The authenticity of Ovid’s Heroide 15 (Sappho Phaoni) has triggered muchcritical controversy. In its light, I revisit Sappho’s letter to show some narrative,intratextual and stylistic strategies that reveal its transitional role between the othersingle (1-15) and double (16-21) elegies. I focus on t...
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Asociación Argentina de Estudios Clásicos (AADEC) - Ediciones UNL
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/14131 |
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| Sumario: | The authenticity of Ovid’s Heroide 15 (Sappho Phaoni) has triggered muchcritical controversy. In its light, I revisit Sappho’s letter to show some narrative,intratextual and stylistic strategies that reveal its transitional role between the othersingle (1-15) and double (16-21) elegies. I focus on two major points: I examine towhat extent this Heroide features as a “proem in the middle” that governs thewhole collection; and I draw attention on how its inscription in the elegiacdiscourse anticipates some aspects of Ovid’s Ars and thus demarcates some keyissues of his literary writing. |
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