Propertius' temple of Jupiter Feretrius and teh "spolia opima" (4.10): a poem not to be read?

• Autores: Myrto Garani
• Localización: Antiquité classique, ISSN 0770-2817, Nº. 76, 2007, págs. 99-117
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The focus of this paper is Propertius� elegy 4.10, in which the poet presents us with the aetiology of the name of the temple of Jupiter Feretrius and the spolia opima. On the basis of a double equation � that of Propertius with Callimachus, as explicitly stated, and that of Romulus with Augustus, as implicitly suggested � the close relationship of this poem with the other aetiological elegies of Book 4 is underpinned. Taking this into account, it is argued that 4.10 plays a pivotal role in Propertius� new plan. In fact, as the last in the group, this elegy constitutes a kind of culmination of his aetiological project.