The article discusses an alleged homoerotic epigram by Cicero, dedicated to his freedman Tiro and mentioned in a letter by Pliny the Younger. Most critics have censured this writing, considering it a forgery made in the 1st century AD to discredit Cicero with scandalous rumours about his sexual morals. This debate is revisited to show how doubts about the authenticity of the epigram stem more from the moral scruples of modern critics than from real evidence contradicting the hypothesis that Cicero wrote a playful erotic poem in an exquisitely neoteric style.
Ricchieri, T. (2025). Cicerone censurato: ancora sull'epigramma erotico a Tirone (Plin. epist. VII 4). GRISELDAONLINE, 24(2), 28-46 [10.60923/issn.1721-4777/23160].
Cicerone censurato: ancora sull'epigramma erotico a Tirone (Plin. epist. VII 4)
Ricchieri Tommaso
2025
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The article discusses an alleged homoerotic epigram by Cicero, dedicated to his freedman Tiro and mentioned in a letter by Pliny the Younger. Most critics have censured this writing, considering it a forgery made in the 1st century AD to discredit Cicero with scandalous rumours about his sexual morals. This debate is revisited to show how doubts about the authenticity of the epigram stem more from the moral scruples of modern critics than from real evidence contradicting the hypothesis that Cicero wrote a playful erotic poem in an exquisitely neoteric style.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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