Philodemus, Catullus, and The Domina Di(n)dymi.
| Autor: | Holmes, Daniel |
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| Zdroj: | Classical Philology; Apr2021, Vol. 116 Issue 2, p276-282, 7p |
| Abstrakt: | In both Catullus 63 and 35, Catullus refers to Cybele as the Domina Dindymi. I show that this epithet and noun collocation is only found in Catullus and argue that he purposely chose to replace the more usual "Mother of Dindymon" with "Mistress [ Domina ] of Dindymon" following a pun he had found in Philodemus (Epigram Sider 22), namely δίδυμοι = testicles. I then discuss the implications of this pun on the interpretation of Poems 63 and 35. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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