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- Title
Quicumque Meos Violavit Amores: Romantic Roadblocks and the Inmates of Tartarus in Tibullus 1.3.
- Authors
Paul, Joshua
- Abstract
One common thesis on the underworld of Tibullus 1.3 suggests that the elegist casts the prisoners of Tartarus as enemies of love. In this article, I argue that the residents of Hades correspond not to nebulous obstacles between Tibullus and Delia but rather to precise character types readers encounter throughout the elegies. I consider specific verbal correspondences in book 1 of Tibullus to highlight parallels between Tityos and the farmer–soldier, the Danaids and Delia, Cerberus and the custos , Tantalus and the rival pederast, Tisiphone and the lena , and Ixion and the dives amator.
- Subjects
TIBULLUS, ca. 55 B.C.-19 B.C.; PROTAGONISTS (Persons); HISTORIANS; CERBERUS (Greek mythology); LANGUAGE &; languages
- Publication
Classical World, 2023, Vol 116, Issue 3, p275
- ISSN
0009-8418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/clw.2023.0008