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Avunculus Liber (Catullus 84,5)

Avunculus Liber (Catullus 84,5) 292 MISCELLANEA AVUNCULUS LIBER (CATULLUS 84,5) In a recent article (Historia 24, 1975, 220-31) we sought to identify the orator Q. Arrius of Cicero, Brutus 242, active in the courts in the 5o's, with the praetor of 73 B.C. mentioned in Livy, per. 96, and to make this same man the subject of Catullus 84, and hence to see him as a long-standing cliens of Marcus Crassus. There is a perennially vexed question in Catullus 84, having to do with the significance of the word liber at v. 5, on which we believe our identification of Arrius can shed some light. Needless to say, none of the explanations of libey which imply servile status for Arrius is appropriate to the man whom we regard as the subject of this poem 1), for in our view Arrius was a praetor-ius of nearly 20 years' standing. Moreover, as an associate of Crassus he had been active in the promotion of Caesar's candidature for the consulship in 60 B.C. (Cic. Att. I 17, zz), and as a reward for his services to the coalition between Pompeius, Crassus and Caesar he had been led to expect the consulship of 58 B.C., but http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Avunculus Liber (Catullus 84,5)

Mnemosyne , Volume 30 (3): 292 – Jan 1, 1977

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© 1977 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0026-7074
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1568-525X
DOI
10.1163/156852577X00572
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292 MISCELLANEA AVUNCULUS LIBER (CATULLUS 84,5) In a recent article (Historia 24, 1975, 220-31) we sought to identify the orator Q. Arrius of Cicero, Brutus 242, active in the courts in the 5o's, with the praetor of 73 B.C. mentioned in Livy, per. 96, and to make this same man the subject of Catullus 84, and hence to see him as a long-standing cliens of Marcus Crassus. There is a perennially vexed question in Catullus 84, having to do with the significance of the word liber at v. 5, on which we believe our identification of Arrius can shed some light. Needless to say, none of the explanations of libey which imply servile status for Arrius is appropriate to the man whom we regard as the subject of this poem 1), for in our view Arrius was a praetor-ius of nearly 20 years' standing. Moreover, as an associate of Crassus he had been active in the promotion of Caesar's candidature for the consulship in 60 B.C. (Cic. Att. I 17, zz), and as a reward for his services to the coalition between Pompeius, Crassus and Caesar he had been led to expect the consulship of 58 B.C., but

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Published: Jan 1, 1977

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