"Clori fugiens": aspects of Ovidian imitation in a Góngora’s song
Abstract
This paper analyses the Ovidian models of the song Corcilla temerosa, written by Góngora in 1582. In this poem, the Andalousian writer reelaborates the motif of the runnaway nymph (Daphne and Apollo) (Met. I, 452-567), combining it with the motif of the heroic race (Atalanta and Hipomenes) (Met. X, 578-662). Some elements of the descriptio puellae may be connected with vernacular models such as Petrarca, Strozzi, Garcilaso, Della Casa and Tasso. Góngora’s song can therefore be considered a fine example of hybridism in Spanish XVIth century poetry.
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