Madame Door of Brixia. The mystery of Catullus 67

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https://doi.org/10.12797/CC.16.2013.16.07

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Catullus, paraclausithyron

Abstract

Madame Door of Brixia. The mystery of Catullus 67

The text deals with Catullus’ carmen 67, a problematic and unclear poem, set in Brescia and dealing with the motifs of marriage and infidelity. It analyses a number of problems crucial for the text: the question of its genre, the possible identity of the characters in this little domestic drama and the role of the addressee: the door of the family house.

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2013-11-16

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“Madame Door of Brixia. The Mystery of Catullus 67”. Classica Cracoviensia, vol. 16, Nov. 2013, pp. 91-99, https://doi.org/10.12797/CC.16.2013.16.07.