Paraklausithyron
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A paraklausithyron is a style of love poem originating from Ancient Greece, used in Latin elegy.
[edit] Etymology
Paraklausithyron originates from the Ancient Greek "Παρακλαυσιθυρον" meaning 'beside a closed door'
[edit] Defining Features
A paraklausithyron typically includes a lover (an exclusis amator), returning from a party in a drunken state, outside his mistress' door. The paraklausithyron may be addressed to either the door or the mistress, however there are rare examples (eg. in Ovid's Amores, Poem VI) where the poem is addressed to the doorkeeper.
[edit] Examples of the Paraklausithyron
- Ovid: Amores I, Poem VI,
- Horace: Odes III, Poem X,
- Propertius: Elegies I, Poem XVI,
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