Hidden Gods, Hidden Texts: Aratean Echoes and Allegoresis in Cicero, De Divinatione 1.79 , «The Classical Quarterly» 74/1, 2024, pp. 336-340 (original) (raw)

Adalberto Magnavacca

This article argues for an as-yet-undiscovered double allusion to Aratus’ Phaenomena (1–5 and 100–7) embedded in Cicero’s De diuinatione (1.79). This intertextual link sheds light on a now-lost passage of Cicero’s Aratea and raises some questions about the relationship between Cicero’s dialogue and Catullus 64.