This study reflects on different aspects of the poem performed by Sulpicius Maximus, at the age of eleven, in a contest of Greek poetry at The Capitoline Games in Rome. In particular, the work focuses on the encomiastic nature of the competition and identifies elements of praise towards the Emperor Domitian in the myth of Phaeton, which is the subject of the poem.

Sulpicio Massimo e un concorso di poesia greca a Roma: riflessioni su alcune questioni agonistiche

MANIERI, ALESSANDRA
2014-01-01

Abstract

This study reflects on different aspects of the poem performed by Sulpicius Maximus, at the age of eleven, in a contest of Greek poetry at The Capitoline Games in Rome. In particular, the work focuses on the encomiastic nature of the competition and identifies elements of praise towards the Emperor Domitian in the myth of Phaeton, which is the subject of the poem.
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