By Katrin Schwerdtner
This quantity bargains a scientific research of using literary quotations in Pliny’s letters. by means of taking a look at exemplary quotations from Homer and Virgil, the writer indicates how Pliny makes use of quotations as a literary equipment to attract the highbrow history of his modern readership.
Das Buch bietet erstmals eine systematische Studie zur literarischen Zitation in den Pliniusbriefen. Ausgehend von der eingehenden Betrachtung der herausragenden Homer- und Vergilzitate kann die Zitation insgesamt als gezielt eingesetzte Technik erwiesen werden, durch die Plinius im Dienste seiner Darstellung wirkungsvoll auf den Bildungshorizont des zeitgenössischen Publikums rekurriert.
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2005], 28 f. mit Anm. 92). Da sich Plinius gewöhnlich an die Rhythmus- und Klauselvorschriften hält, die für die kunstgemäße Prosa gelten, fallen etwa epische Zitate hinreichender Länge besonders auf. Zur rhythmischen Gestaltung bei Plinius s. Hofacker (1903); Schuster (1929), 20. – Allerdings schließen Eingriffe in dichterische Formulierungen, die den Rhythmus verändern, nicht generell aus, sie als Zitate zu klassifizieren. So formuliert Plinius in ep. 4,18,1: accidit hoc primum imbecillitate ingenii mei, deinde inopia ac potius, ut Lucretius ait, egestate patrii sermonis, während Lukrez selbst patrii sermonis egestas (1,832=3,260) bietet.
Berthold (1985), 304; von Albrecht (1991/ 1965), 3339; ferner auch Nicolas (2004); Helbig (1996); Broich (1985). S. auch Berthold (1985), 304, der drei Formen unterschiedlich deutlicher Zitatmarkierung und drei mögliche Reaktionen der Rezipienten (Erkennen, Erahnen, Nicht-Erkennen) bestimmt. Bei zehn weiteren Zitaten nennt Plinius Homer (ep. 1,7,4; ep. 1,20,22; ep. 5,19,2; ep. 5,20,8; ep. 9,13,20; ep. 9,26,6). Weitere namentliche Herkunftsbezeichnungen: Thukydides (ep. 5,8,11); Xenophon (ep.
34). Cic. Brut. 13,50: Menelaum ipsum dulcem illum quidem tradit Homerus, sed pauca dicentem (⇒ Il. ). – Quint. inst. 12,10,64: nam et Homerus brevem quidem cum iucunditate et propriam (id enim est non deerrare verbis) et carentem supervacuis eloquentiam Menelao dedit (⇒ Il. ) […] sed summam expressurus [est] in Ulixe facundiam et magnitudinem illi vocis et vim orationis nivibus [et] copia verborum atque impetu parem tribuit (⇒ Il. ). So etwa bei Wenskus (1993), 208; 210 – 212; Metschies (1966), 5; s.
