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Sappho in Propertius?
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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.
Title: Sappho in Propertius?
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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.
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