Garcilaso’s ‘Sedes ad cyprias’: A New Source and a Re-appraisal

• Maria Czepiel ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Oxford

     University of Oxford

     Oxford District, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Bulletin of Spanish Studies, ISSN-e 1478-3428, ISSN 1475-3820, Vol. 96, Nº 5, 2019, págs. 737-754
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Modern criticism has often neglected or been uncomplimentary about Garcilaso’s third Latin ode ‘Sedes ad cyprias’. This article presents a previously unidentified source for the poem, Erasmus’ translation of one of Lucian’s Dialogues of the Gods, and in the light of this offers a re-appraisal of Garcilaso’s poetic skill in the ode. Firstly, I discuss Garcilaso’s metrification and transformation of Erasmus’ prose translation. I go on to argue that his eclectic allusions to other Classical texts and the major changes he makes to the beginning and end of the source serve as part of a strategy of competitive imitation through which he tries to outdo the comic effect of Lucian’s dialogue.