Wolff, Le thème dans les Epigrammata Bobiensia

Wolff, Le thème des âges de l’homme et du temps dans les Epigrammata Bobiensia

The Epigrammata Bobiensia contain four poems that deal with the theme of the ages of man and of the time. They are all from Naucellius and speak directly or indirectly about his old age. But while in the epigrammatic genre old age is degradation and old men of both sexes are the object of mockery, here Naucellius's old age is not ridiculous, and his physical debility is not synonymous with decay. There is a new age discourse that can be compared to that found in some of Ausonius's plays.