Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between historical reality and personae poeticae as fiction in Propertius 2.7. Besides its poetic value, this elegy shows us precisely the border between reality and fiction in which Roman elegy is situated. On the one hand, we observe the personae poeticae as fictional constructions, and, on the other hand, we can glimpse referential aspects of the Roman society of this period. Nevertheless, the personae may be impregnated with real characteristics as well, since we can neither deny the historical existence of Propertius, Maecenas and Augustus, nor that historical events may be nuanced by rumour, which can be considered as a rhetorical kind of proof
Highlights
This paper investigates the relationship between historical reality and personae poeticae as fiction in Propertius 2.7
The personae may be impregnated with real characteristics as well, since we can neither deny the historical existence of Propertius
“In pursuit of love, the poetic self and a process of reading: Augustan elegy in the 1980s” in JRS, 79:167‐8
Summary
Lei e elegia: considerações sobre Propércio, 2.7. RESUMO: Este artigo observa relações entre a ficção das personae poeticae e realidade histórica em Propércio 2.7. Além de seu valor poético, esta elegia de Propércio nos indica precisamente a fronteira entre realidade e ficção em que a elegia romana está situada. Observamos o aspecto ficcional de suas personae, de outro lado, podemos vislumbrar aspectos referenciais da sociedade romana do período. Entretanto, as personae podem estar impregnadas de características reais, já que não podemos negar a existência histórica de Propércio, Mecenas ou Augusto, bem como eventos históricos podem ser matizados por rumores que são considerados retoricamente uma espécie de prova. PALAVRAS‐CHAVE: Rumor, Lei do Adultério de 28 a.C., Propércio, elegia 2.7, realidade e ficção
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