Roman Lyric: Collected Papers on Catullus and Horace (Beiträge zur Altertumskunde Book 301)

Francis Cairns has made well-known contributions to the study of Roman Epic and Elegy. Roman Lyric assembles his substantial body of work on Roman lyric, about 30 papers published over the period 1969 to 2010 in many European and American periodicals, themed volumes and Festschriften, along with some new papers. The volume is fully indexed and contains a composite bibliography and addenda and corrigenda. Roman Lyric will make access to this body of scholarly material easier and more convenient for scholars and students of Latin poetry. Frontmatter......Page 1 Prefatory Note......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 7 Contents......Page 9 1. Catullus 1......Page 11 2. Catullus’ Basia Poems (5, 7, 48)......Page 16 3. Catullus 27......Page 23 4. Venusta Sirmio: Catullus 31......Page 28 5. Catullus 45: Text and Interpretation......Page 46 6. The Genre ‘Oaristys’......Page 57 7. Catullus 45: The Wooing of Acme and Septimius......Page 87 8. Catullus 46.9–11 and Ancient ‘Etymologies’......Page 99 9. The Nereids of Catullus 64.12–23b......Page 103 10. Catullus in and about Bithynia: Poems 68, 10, 28 and 47......Page 109 11. Horace Epode 2, Tibullus 1.1 and Rhetorical Praise of the Countryside......Page 132 12. “Weak Sheep” in Horace Epode 2.16......Page 142 13. Horace Epode 9: Some New Interpretations......Page 146 14. M. Antonius and Hannibal in Horace Epode 9......Page 159 15. The Genre Palinode and Three Horatian Examples. Epode 17; Odes 1.16; Odes 1.34......Page 168 16. Horace Odes 1.2......Page 175 17. M. Agrippa in Horace Odes 1.6......Page 192 18. Five “Religious” Odes of Horace (1.10; 1.21 and 4.6; 1.30; 1.15)......Page 200 19. Alcaeus’ Hymn to Hermes, P. Oxy. 2734 Fr. 1 and Horace Odes 1.10......Page 217 20. The Power of Implication Horace’s Invitation to Maecenas (Odes 1.20)......Page 223 21. Horace Odes 1.22 (and Odes 1.2.39): Juba II and the Mauri......Page 254 22. Horace on Other People’s Love Affairs (Odes 1.27; 2.4; 1.8; 3.12)......Page 272 23. The Philosophical Content of Horace Odes 1.29......Page 294 24. Horace’s First Roman Ode (3.1)......Page 302 25. Three Interpretational Problems in Horace Odes 3.1: saporem (19); cum famulis (36); sidere (42)......Page 350 26. Horace Odes 3.7: Elegy, Lyric, Myth, Learning, and Interpretation......Page 360 27. Splendide Mendax: Horace Odes 3.11......Page 392 28. Horace Odes 3.13 and 3.23......Page 404 29. Horace Odes 3.17 and the Genre Genethliakon......Page 422 30. Horace Odes 3.22: Genre and Sources......Page 451 31. Antestari and Horace Satires 1.9......Page 472 Addenda and Corrigenda......Page 481 Bibliography......Page 483 Index Locorum......Page 506 Index of Latin and Greek Words......Page 519 General Index......Page 521

Francis Cairns has made well-known contributions to the study of Roman Epic and Elegy. Papers on Catullus and Horace assembles his substantial body of work on Roman Lyric -about 30papers published between 1969 and 2010 in many European and American periodicals, themed volumes and Festschriften, along with somenew papers.

Many aspects of the lyric poetry of Catullus and Horace are treated in this collection. Particular emphasis is given to the political and religious interests of both poets, to their interactions with their contemporaries, to the ‛learning’ which informs their poetry, and to their generic practices. Philological problems of text and interpretation are treated pari passu, as are relevant aesthetic questions. The volume is fully indexed and contains a composite bibliography and addenda and corrigenda.
Papers on Catullus and Horace will make access to this body of important scholarly material easier and more convenient for scholars and students of Latin poetry.

Francis Cairns has made well-known contributions to the study of Roman Epic and Elegy. Papers on Catullus and Horace assembles his substantial body of work on Roman Lyric - about 30 papers published between 1969 and 2010 in many European and American periodicals, themed volumes and Festschriften, along with some new papers. Many aspects of the lyric poetry of Catullus and Horace are treated in this collection. Particular emphasis is given to the political and religious interests of both poets, to their interactions with their contemporaries, to the ‛learning' which informs their poetry, and to their generic practices. Philological problems of text and interpretation are treated pari passu, as are relevant aesthetic questions. The volume is fully indexed and contains a composite bibliography and addenda and corrigenda. Papers on Catullus and Horace will make access to this body of important scholarly material easier and more convenient for scholars and students of Latin poetry.