Vigne mariée ou fleur coupée

Catullus’carmen 62 is a fictionnal epithalamion composed of amoebean verses. A young men chorus and a young women chorus argue about whether it is better for a woman to remain a virgin or to get married. Two comparisons with plants are opposed for the sake of argumentation. Girls compare married wom...

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Main Author: Marine Bretin-Chabrol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Anthropologie et Histoire des Mondes Antiques 2012-05-01
Series:Cahiers Mondes Anciens
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/mondesanciens/651