"Lyde ludens" (Hor."Carm".3.11.8-10): meaning and vicissitudes of a word-play

  • Daniel López-Cañete Quiles Universidad de Sevilla
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFCL.2013.v33.n1.42756
Keywords: Horace, Odes, Epistles, Ludus, Lydia, Etymology, Wordplay, Speaking names, Cycles of odes, Appendix Vergiliana, Matthieu de Vendôme, Boccaccio, Machiavelli

Abstract

This paper deals with the word-play Lyde ~ ludit at HOR.Carm.3.11-8-10 and its linguistic and cultural background (§ 1); it also conjectures the symbolic meaning of the pun, while reflecting on its relevance for the discussion on the relationship between Carm.2.11.21-24, 3.11 and 3.28 as items of a poetic cycle (§ 2); in connection to this, attention is given to Horace’s farewell to the game of love and lyric poetry (§ 3); some possible echoes of Horace’s word-play in later literature are also considered (§ 4).

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Published
2013-07-10
How to Cite
López-Cañete Quiles D. (2013). "Lyde ludens" (Hor."Carm".3.11.8-10): meaning and vicissitudes of a word-play. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Latinos, 33(1), 7-34. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFCL.2013.v33.n1.42756
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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2013)
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