{"title":"Sappho in Propertius?","authors":"S. Heyworth","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198829430.003.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198829430.003.0011","url":null,"abstract":"By thoroughly mapping possible allusions to Sappho in Propertius, this chapter concludes that Sappho’s influence is most conspicuous in the case of Cynthia. As a consequence the Propertian puella appears not only as a beloved in the poetic corpus of Propertius, but arguably also as a figure that may be associated with a poet in her own right such as Sappho, which intriguingly yet necessarily reflects back on essential qualities of the poet Propertius himself. The argument emerges from the close reading of almost twenty individual passages from the Propertian corpus, alongside the ‘Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite’ and a large number of passages from Sappho, notably her poem 1.","PeriodicalId":111748,"journal":{"name":"Roman Receptions of Sappho","volume":"299 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131439274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Odi et amo","authors":"LarsF. Gram","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198829430.003.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198829430.003.0006","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter departs from the fact that Sappho was from Lesbos, and the name of Catullus’ beloved ‘Lesbia’ implies the same. Through an extensive analysis of the name of Lesbia in Catullus, in which the reference to the Lesbian Sappho is important, this chapter shows how the insoluble tensions embedded in ‘Lesbia’ appear as a perfect embodiment of the poetic programme of Catullus. In addition to the Catullan poems where the figure of Lesbia occurs, this chapter investigates the phenomenon of fellatio, linked to λεσβιάζειν and hence potentially to ‘Lesbia’ in the ancient sources, as well as passages from Homer, Hesiod, Alcaeus and Aristophanes, Horace’s Epodes, a large number of epigrams from the Anthologia Palatina, as well as Ausonius’ epigram 71.","PeriodicalId":111748,"journal":{"name":"Roman Receptions of Sappho","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127208510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vates Lesbia","authors":"J. Ingleheart","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198829430.003.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198829430.003.0012","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter argues that the representation of Sappho the poet appears as a coherent portrait in the poetry of Ovid, and that this portrait closely resembles that of Ovid himself. This is so even when Heroides 15, also known as Epistula Sapphus, where Sappho as poet is centre stage, is set aside. The argument emerges from close readings of passages from the earliest of Ovid’s poetic career, such as the Amores, Ars amatoria (Book 3), and Remedia amoris, and also deals with some of his latest poetry in the Tristia, written in exile, all in the context of passages in Sappho and other Latin poetry and prose.","PeriodicalId":111748,"journal":{"name":"Roman Receptions of Sappho","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129385853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sappho as a Pupil of the praeceptor amoris and Sappho as magistra amoris","authors":"Chiara Elisei","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198829430.003.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198829430.003.0013","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter takes a new approach to the idea of ‘Sappho the schoolmistress’ by exploring the significance of Sapphic evocations in Ovidian erotodidaxis. By focusing on the figure of Sappho in Heroides 15, also known as Epistula Sapphus, this chapter argues that the rhetorical strategies employed in this poem appear strikingly consistent with those of ‘Ovid the poet’ in his Amores and ‘Ovid the teacher of love’ in his Ars amatoria. The argument emerges through an exploration of a large number of passages from Ovid’s love elegies, making links with several Sappho fragments, and focusing throughout on the employment of ancient rhetoric and reasoning in a poetic context.","PeriodicalId":111748,"journal":{"name":"Roman Receptions of Sappho","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131376386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Newest Sappho (2016) and Ovid’s Heroides 15","authors":"T. S. Thorsen","doi":"10.1093/OSO/9780198829430.003.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/OSO/9780198829430.003.0014","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter argues that Ovid’s Heroides 15, also known as Epistula Sapphus, appears singularly receptive to the sequence of poems that have recently been recovered in the newest Sappho papyrus, which belongs to a Roman-period copy of an Alexandrian edition of Sappho. Among the most striking similarities is the sustained combination of love and personal desire on the one hand and issues concerning family and autobiography on the other, which has become apparent with the recovered sequence of Sappho poems and which—uniquely in a post-Sapphic context—is also found in Heroides 15. The chapter shows how Heroides 15 displays striking similarities with a number of these fragments, concerning both general aspects and specific details.","PeriodicalId":111748,"journal":{"name":"Roman Receptions of Sappho","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127158332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}