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D. F. BRIGHT, Haec mihi fingebam: Tibullus in his World (Cincinnati Classical Studies. New Series, 3). Leiden, Brill, 1978. XV, 275 pp. Pr. Gld. 39,-

D. F. BRIGHT, Haec mihi fingebam: Tibullus in his World (Cincinnati Classical Studies. New... 408 ?yaeteyiye. Conclusion: "Der geographische Befund aus dem Wort- bestand von c. m ist so eindeutig wie moglich" (ibid.). It is, accord- ing to Stoessl, the first poem from Catullus' third period, it is fol- lowed by political invectiva, provoked by the unbearable situation at Verona. Next, a more difficult problem, z4b. The poet calls his poems inefiiiae, hence is not sure about their quality, he must be rather young. Metre (the Phalaeceus), and words like manus and forte point to the early Lesbia-period (II, I). The poem was not com- pleted (!) and replaced by c. I, which is Roman, because libellus, pumex, expolire and exPlicare are typically Roman. Avidus is not - it is Veronese-but is "aus Verona mit nach Rom genommen" (p. 91) ! There are moreover eight hapax legomena in ten lines, which give a "Verhaltniszahl o.8". Of course in a libellus like that of Catullus there are many hapax legomena in each poem, but why it is worth reporting such a "Verhaltniszahl" remains unclear. Stoessl's book sometimes looks like a parody of studies working with statistics, but I am afraid it is not meant as such. I fear it is intended as a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

D. F. BRIGHT, Haec mihi fingebam: Tibullus in his World (Cincinnati Classical Studies. New Series, 3). Leiden, Brill, 1978. XV, 275 pp. Pr. Gld. 39,-

Mnemosyne , Volume 35 (3): 408 – Jan 1, 1982

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Brill
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© 1982 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0026-7074
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1568-525X
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10.1163/156852582X00396
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408 ?yaeteyiye. Conclusion: "Der geographische Befund aus dem Wort- bestand von c. m ist so eindeutig wie moglich" (ibid.). It is, accord- ing to Stoessl, the first poem from Catullus' third period, it is fol- lowed by political invectiva, provoked by the unbearable situation at Verona. Next, a more difficult problem, z4b. The poet calls his poems inefiiiae, hence is not sure about their quality, he must be rather young. Metre (the Phalaeceus), and words like manus and forte point to the early Lesbia-period (II, I). The poem was not com- pleted (!) and replaced by c. I, which is Roman, because libellus, pumex, expolire and exPlicare are typically Roman. Avidus is not - it is Veronese-but is "aus Verona mit nach Rom genommen" (p. 91) ! There are moreover eight hapax legomena in ten lines, which give a "Verhaltniszahl o.8". Of course in a libellus like that of Catullus there are many hapax legomena in each poem, but why it is worth reporting such a "Verhaltniszahl" remains unclear. Stoessl's book sometimes looks like a parody of studies working with statistics, but I am afraid it is not meant as such. I fear it is intended as a

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