nitidum ~ λιπαρός ~ Lipara: A Bilingual Pun at Horace, Carm. 1.4.

Keywords: Horace; Etymological Wordplay; Callimachus; Lipara I Hymn i 3.46-9, and the emphasis there laid upon Lipara: an explicit response to the same controversy to which Horace makes reference via this wordplay. Finally, Horace's strategy of engaging with this controversy shows an erudition and lightness of touch which are characteristic of their author and consistent with the conventions of etymological wordplay in late-republican and early-Augustan authors. Horace, Etymological Wordplay, Callimachus, Lipara. [Extracted from the article]