Contributions to the History of Latin Elegiac Distich

By (author) Lucio Ceccarelli

Book cover: Contributions to the History of Latin Elegiac Distich

Extent: 362, 362 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Classical Studies, Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Studi e testi tardoantichi

Series volume number: 15

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(January 2019)

ISBN: 9782503574592

Price: $145.00

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Elements for a ‘biography’ and ‘physiognomy’ of the elegiac distich in the Latin literary tradition


The life of the Latin elegiac distich spans over a very long period of time, from its importation in Rome in II century B.C. to the late antiquity, to the Middle Ages and beyond. This study is based on almost all the available data from the elegiac Latin poetry from Catullus to Venantius Fortunatus and offers a new reconstruction of the main lines of the evolution of the Latin elegiac distich in the first eight centuries of its history.

  • By (author) Lucio Ceccarelli