2009.04.23
Addition to A MATTER OF SIZE : Ovid, Amor. III, 6, 5-6 (Paruus eras, memini, nec te transire refugi / Summaque uix talos contigit unda meos) is alluding to Mopsus’ small stature (Iam fragilis poteram a terra contingere ramos, Ecl. VIII, 40). This obvious echo only takes sense if we accept the suggestion that the Torrent is an allegory of Octavius (see Jeux de Masques, pp. 245-9).