According to Suetonius (Cl. 2,2), in a "libellus" Claudius complained about his master who had been a "superiumentarius" (a commander of a mule train). This ironic hyperbole, which refers to the brutal use of whip, seems an allusion to the rough Horace's teacher ("plagosus Orbilius"), and so suggests the possibility that Claudius' words were part of an epigram, whose reconstruction the author of this article attempts to, starting from some recognizable jambic sequences.
El emperador Claudius, autor de epigramas en un pasaje de Suetonio
LETTA, CESARE
2007-01-01
Abstract
According to Suetonius (Cl. 2,2), in a "libellus" Claudius complained about his master who had been a "superiumentarius" (a commander of a mule train). This ironic hyperbole, which refers to the brutal use of whip, seems an allusion to the rough Horace's teacher ("plagosus Orbilius"), and so suggests the possibility that Claudius' words were part of an epigram, whose reconstruction the author of this article attempts to, starting from some recognizable jambic sequences.File in questo prodotto:
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