Law and Love: Legal Terminology in Roman Elegy

Authors

  • Caitlynn Cummings

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cons6895

Abstract

This paper analyses the use of legal terminology in Roman love elegy of the 1st century BCE.  Catullus, Tibullus, and Ovid all employ this seemingly strange vocabulary in their love poetry for different ends, while also sharing some specific similarities.  This legal vocabulary does not make these love poems stilted, dry, nor unemotional, but is used deftly and rather indicates an interesting layer of Roman concern and preoccupation.

Author Biography

Caitlynn Cummings

Caitlynn Cummings is in her fifth and final year of her Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Classics and English at the University of Alberta. Caitlynn plans to pursue a master's degree in creative writing, english literature, and/or book history in Canada or the UK.

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Published

2009-11-29

How to Cite

Cummings, C. (2009). Law and Love: Legal Terminology in Roman Elegy. Constellations, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.29173/cons6895

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