title: Cynthia and Propertius, Haemon and Antigone: Prop. 2. 8, 21–24
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metadata.value: Rossiyanova, Kristina S.
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metadata.value: 2023-02-21T20:23:46Z
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metadata.value: 2023-02-21T20:23:46Z
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metadata.value: 2022-12
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metadata.value: Rossiyanova K. S. Cynthia and Propertius, Haemon and Antigone: Prop. 2. 8, 21–24. Philologia Classica 2022, 17 (2), 277–284. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2022.207
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2022.207
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metadata.value: The piece deals with the interpretation of Prop. 2. 8. 21–24. These verses seem to be problematic
  and illogical over the years. In the poem, the speaker, deserted by his beloved Cynthia,
  imagines himself dead and then describes the heroine’s reaction to this disastrous event.
  Propertius thinks that she will be happy about his death and defile his grave. Then he suddenly
  turns to Haemon, who commits suicide in despair of the Antigone’s death, and after
  that threatens Cynthia to kill her. Firstly, it is incorrect to compare the righteous Antigone
  with the unfaithful Cynthia. Secondly, the decision to kill the beloved is inept. Some scholars
  transpose the verses in order to avoid the incoherence. Others try to interpret the passage,
  leaving the lines in their initial order, but they usually think that Propertius compares himself
  with Haemon and Cynthia with Antigone. The author of the article reconsiders gender roles
  in this comparison and suggests a new interpretation. There are also some examples from the
  Catullan and Propertian poetry, which show that the gender-inverted comparisons are widely
  used in ancient literature and especially in Roman love poetry of the 1st century B. C., in which
  they, probably, are part of a new literary strategy.
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 17; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: imaginary death
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Roman love poetry
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Cynthia
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Haemon
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metadata.value: Antigone
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metadata.value: gender-inverted comparison
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metadata.value: Cynthia and Propertius, Haemon and Antigone: Prop. 2. 8, 21–24
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