Citation

Pingoud J. MAIA-Rivista di Letterature Classiche 2018; 70(1): 118-128.

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(Copyright © 2018)

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Abstract

Roman declaimers often use intertextuality to characterize a persona. This paper examines literary references in Minor Declamatio 259. The speech, defending an adulescens, echoes successively Virgil's Aeneid, Cicero's Divinatio in Caecilium, and comedy plots. Such a variety may be connected to the thema of declamation, which recalls ancient novel, a hybrid genre by definition. At the end of the speech, the young man appears as a suicidal lover: this performance brings him even closer to a novel protagonist. © 2018 Cappelli Editore. All rights reserved.

Language: fr

Keywords

Intertextuality; Cicero; Comedy; Declamation; Novel; Threat of suicide; Vergil