Ausonius' Use of The Classical Latin Poets: Some New Examples and Observations

R. P. H. Green

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Ausonius' Use of The Classical Latin Poets: Some New Examples and Observations

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R. P. H. Green

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The primary aim of this article is to reveal a number of previously unrecorded appearances of classical Latin poetry in the poems of Ausonius, with a brief assessment of their value in understanding his text, and an incorporation of them into the general picture of his acquaintance with his predecessors; a final section will outline some ways in which his adoptions and adaptations are used. Latin poets now fragmented or lost are not included in this study; for the survival of a Lucilius or an Ennius has generally enjoyed more attention and study than the after-life of better-known authors. It is moreover doubtful if such early writers had a context to offer the borrower in Late Antiquity; while poets of the second and third centuries A.D. (often denoted by the vacuous term ‘neoteric’), who did, are poorly known today.

Type: Research Article
Information: The Classical Quarterly , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , December 1977 , pp. 441 - 452

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838800035771 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Classical Association 1977

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^{page 446 note 8} On pp.42 and 54.

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