Textkritische und interpretatorische Überlegungen zu Catull. 55,9-12

Abstract

Since the apparently corrupt passages in Catull. 55,9 and 11 respectively now hide the identity of the pessimae puellae in 55,10 a solution to the porblem is proposed by interpreting Ellis' reducta pectus in 11 as a description of a certain statue that may be that of the Greek poet Anyte or Telesilla, present in Pompey's portico according to the testimony of Tatian, whose names now hide behind the corrupt auelte sic ipse and could be restored to the direct address A Anyte et Telesilla .