Lexis Poetica, retorica e comunicazione nella tradizione classica

Journal | Lexis
Journal issue | Num. 42 (n.s.) – Giugno 2024 – Fasc. 1
Research Article | Still doctus Lucretius? About De rerum natura 6.716 and 6.749-755

Still doctus Lucretius? About De rerum natura 6.716 and 6.749-755

Abstract

The article aims to explore the relationship between Lucretius and Callimachus by analysing two passages from De rerum natura 6. In the first one (l. 716), Lucretius condemns an etymology supported by Callimachus (ἐτησίαι from αἰτέω) to oblivion, by suggesting the derivation of the same name, etesiae, from ἔτος/annus. In the second one (ll. 749‑55), he alludes to a passage from the Hecale through an Alexandrian footnote inspired by an expression used by Callimachus in his Fifth Hymn.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: April 3, 2023 | Accepted: April 11, 2024 | Published July 3, 2024 | Language: it

Keywords CallimachusLucretiusMirabiliaIntertextualityEtymology


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