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‘Greek’ love at Rome: Propertius 1.20 and the reception of Hellenistic verse

Ingleheart, Jennifer

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This paper analyses the homoerotic aspect of Propertius 1.20 and its presentation of the myth of Hylas, the lost beloved of Hercules. It argues that Propertius reacts to the portrait of ‘Greek love’ that is found in the two surviving lengthy versions of this myth in Apollonius’ Argonautica and Theocritus’ Idylls, increasing the homoerotic ambience of the myth and encouraging his readers to look back to his models for traces of the approach that he himself takes. It also interrogates Propertius’ domestication of his Greek models’ narratives in a contemporary Roman and particularly elegiac context, and argues that the poem is better integrated into Propertius’ elegiac universe than is often acknowledged.

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Ingleheart, J. (2015). ‘Greek’ love at Rome: Propertius 1.20 and the reception of Hellenistic verse. Eugesta, 5, 124-153

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2015
Deposit Date Mar 30, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal EuGeStA
Publisher Université de Lille
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 5
Pages 124-153
Publisher URL https://eugesta-revue.univ-lille.fr/pdf/2015/7.Ingleheart-Eugesta-5_2015.pdf

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