Catullus 64

GIve an adjective that describes the unusual attitude towards noise and speaking in the ecphrasis

fluentisono

Where else is the ecphrasis protesting its 2d format

Ariadne speaks. Use of verb plangebat, repetition of orgia. comparison to a maenad suggests frantic movement

cupiunt audire profani.

How does Laird describe the ecphrasis

1993 - ‘disobedient’

How does Catullus play with disobedient ecphrases in the poem

use of digressions, flashbacks, describing thought and movement, apostrophe, onomatopoeia, alliteration. notion of the temporality of the narrative, beginning with Aeneas’ discovery of Theseus’ desertion and ending with the rescue by Bacchus. directly quotes Ariadne and Aegeus in explanatory flahsback.

How does this ecphrasis relate to its models

Cretan topos = inspires Aen 6 (minotaur and labyrinth) - also suggests Callimachus’ Hymn of Delos

Transference of artificium from shield to needlework follows the fashioning of Apollonian jason’s cloak

What is the refrain of the Parcae that suggest an interest in weaving and textiles

currite ducentes subtegmina currite fusi

Explain the importance of the gaze in the poem

entire poem focused on gazin – Nereids gaze at the Arg, ships crew gaze at naked nymphs. Ariadne naked – our gaze, cats gaze, gaze of young men of Thessaly. Narrative of ariadnes elopement – told w emphasis on Theseus abandoning his fathers sight and theseus’ return told through gazes – deal w father to hang white sails not black but he forgets – Aegeus’ doom. Thessalian youth stand in for reader.

Wiseman

1977 - Bacchus rapist