Abstract An unnoticed allusion to Homer’s Iliad in Catullus c. 37 contributes the poem’s recognized military theme by providing a clearer correspondence between figures from epic and those Catullus’ poem, while also establishing new framework for analyzing dynamics of poet’s verbal attack on his rivals that ultimately implicates him own mockery.

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Abstract This paper reconstructs the history and meaning of a hitherto unexplained astronomical allusion recurring several times in Roman epithalamic poetry: association evening star with Mount Oeta. By examining iterations this motif surviving Latin literature (especially Catullus 62, Vergil's Eclogue 8 pseudo-Vergilian Ciris ), I propose to explain original as mythological reference wedding P...

The essay explains the intertextual connection of a satiric epigram Magnus Felix Ennodius, carm . 2.97 H. = 217 V. De anu quadam with description miraculous pregnancy Sara, Isaac’s mother, in Sedulius’ Carmen Paschale Furthermore, article provides an Italian translation poem to explain allusion menopause old woman at l. 3.