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A Komos in Valerius Aedituus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

James R. G. Wright
James R. G. Wright
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University of Edinburgh
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Extract

The setting of this epigram is the komos sequence explored by Copley in his important book. The speaker is about to set forth in the dark, since he requires some means of lighting his way. A companion offers him a torch. It is refused as unnecessary because of the flame of love which burns in his breast.

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Shorter Notes
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The Classical Quarterly , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , May 1975 , pp. 152 - 153
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Copyright © The Classical Association 1975

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References

page 152 note 1 F.O.Copley, Exclusus Amator. A Study in Latin Love Poetry(1956).

page 152 note 2 For the torch as a feature of the komos cf. Ar. Ec. 692, Pl. 1041, Anitph. 199. 2, Herod. 2. 35., A.P. 12. 117. 1, 4(Meleager), Hor.Carm.3.26.6–7.S.1.4.52.Prop.1.16.8, Ael.V.H.13.1, Charito,1.3.2.

page 152 note 3 For the metaphor in general cf. Pease, A.S., Publi Vergilii Maronis Aeneidos Liber Quartus (Cambridge, Mass., 1935), 86–7; for it in komastic contexts cf. Theoc. 3. 17, [Theoc.] 23.7, 16, 25–6, 34, Lyr. Alex. Adesp. 1. 15–16, 24, A.P. 5. 189 4. (Asclepiades), 12. 83. 3–6 (Meleager), 85. 7(Meleager), 116.4.Google Scholar

page 152 note 4 Cf. A.P. 5. 167 (Asclepiades), 189 (Asclepiades), 12. 167 (Meleager), Hor. Carm. 1.25.9–12,3.10.1–8, 19–20, Tib. 1.2. 32, Prop. 1. 16. 24, Ov. Am. 1. 6. 51–6.

page 153 note 1 For this theme in the komos cf. [Theoc.] 23. 4–5, A.P. 5. 64. 5–6 (Asciepiades), 167. 5–6 (Meleager), 12. 118.3–4 (Callimachus), 167. 1–2 (Meleager), Tib. 1. 6. 30.

page 153 note 2 By Turyn, A., Hermes lxii (1927), 494.Google Scholar

page 153 note 3 Cf. Copley, op. cit. 20 ff.

page 153 note 4 Cf. Copley, op. Cit. 43 ff.

page 153 note 5 cs. the version of A.P. 12. 73 (Callimachus) by Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Fr. I = Gell. 19. 9. 14). The name Phileros betrays Greek influence, but not necessarily a translation or paraphrase.