Tua cura, Lycoris: lessico erotico e schema Cornelianum da Virgilio agli elegiaci nel segno di Gallo

Abstract

The use of the word cura in its erotic meaning in the Augustan poets can be traced back to the poetry of Cornelius Gallus; beginning from Verg. ecl. 10 and then in Propertius and Ovid, a series of references to the Gallan elegy can be reconstructed, showing the continuity of a poetic dialogue between authors and genres.