Gemina nox: Pornographic allusion in Catullus 51
Journal article, Peer reviewed
Published version
Åpne
Permanent lenke
https://hdl.handle.net/1956/24437Utgivelsesdato
2012Metadata
Vis full innførselSamlinger
Sammendrag
Catullus 51 may be read as a description of the sexual act of mutual oral-to-genital
stimulation popularly known as ‘69’, suggesting a facetious misreading of Sappho 31.
In v. 8, supply <tum nisi cunnus>.