This article considers a meaning of Propertius, 2. 11. 2 laudet, qui sterili semina ponit humo.
Generally the idea ‘sterili semina ponere humo’ is considered as proverbial for wasting one’s labors and the line has been interpreted in following two ways. First, regarding 2. 11. 3 omnia…munera as poems or gifts, one may interpret the line as ‘Others will praise and court you by poems and gifts in vain’. Second, regarding 2. 11. 3 omnia…munera as ‘heavenly gifts’ of Cynthia, one may interpret the line as ‘These gifts are now merely mortal and not worthy of poetry and others will write you as a material of such poems in vain’.
In addition, reflecting on 2. 7. 13-14 unde mihi patriis natos praebere triumphis? / nullus de nostro sanguine miles erit and 2. 7. 19-20 tu mihi sola places; placeam tibi, Cynthia, solus: / hic erit et patrio nomine pluris amor, Propertius could have written the line on a basis of Sophocles’ famous line Ant. 569 ἀρώσιμοι γὰρ χἀτέρων εἰσὶν γύαι and OT. 260 ἔχων δὲ λέκτρα καὶ γυναῖχ’ ὁμόσπρον; etc. and I think one can interpret it as ‘Praising and courting you, others will seek a kind of ‘sterile’ love that gives no children’.
雑誌名
東京大学西洋古典学研究室紀要
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9
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65 - 72
発行年
2015-12
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AA1281090X
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東京大学大学院人文社会系研究科西洋古典学研究室
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Propertius, 2. 11. 2におけるsterili … humoの解釈について
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