Acrostic Conversation: Horace, Ode I 18
This article argues that gamma-acrostical disce in Horace’s Ode I 18 (ll. 11–15) alludes to the land-confiscatory acrostics recently identified in Virgil’s Eclogues (I 5–8; VI 14–24; IX 34–38). Horace has carefully signposted his acrostical intent. Virgil himself interfaces with this Horatian crypto...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis 2022-09, Vol.58, p.67-100 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article argues that gamma-acrostical disce in Horace’s Ode I 18 (ll. 11–15) alludes to the land-confiscatory acrostics recently identified in Virgil’s Eclogues (I 5–8; VI 14–24; IX 34–38). Horace has carefully signposted his acrostical intent. Virgil himself interfaces with this Horatian cryptography by means of other acrostics of his own. The result is an ‘acrostic conversation’. |
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| ISSN: | 0418-453X 2732-3390 |
| DOI: | 10.22315/ACD/2022/5 |