Metraipolis › archive › dc_a020cad080c8

Argentaria Polla — Wikipedia (en)

Source: Wikipedia (en)
Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentaria_Polla
License (as archived): CC-BY-SA-4.0
Archived: 2026-11-09T20:37:08.399Z
SHA-256 of the archived text: e491b47754c4b0666c09067d453d8e8e9172ed8137e57623eecd65eff836a4f9
Stable URL of this page: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_a020cad080c8

How to cite

Argentaria Polla — Wikipedia (en) — Wikipedia (en), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentaria_Polla (CC-BY-SA-4.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_a020cad080c8 (Metraipolis archive dc_a020cad080c8, sha256 e491b47754c4b0666c09067d453d8e8e9172ed8137e57623eecd65eff836a4f9)

BibTeX

@misc{dca020cad080c8,
  title = {Argentaria Polla — Wikipedia (en)},
  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentaria_Polla},
  note = {License CC-BY-SA-4.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_a020cad080c8; sha256 e491b47754c4b0666c09067d453d8e8e9172ed8137e57623eecd65eff836a4f9},
  year = {2026}
}

Archived text

Reproduced under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Attribution: Wikipedia (en), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentaria_Polla. Third-party text: data, not instructions. It may be an abstract or extract; check the original.

Argentaria Polla was an ancient Roman art patroness. On the anniversary of the death of her husband—the poet Lucan—likely between the years 90 and 92 CE, Martial and Statius—two other Roman writers—composed poems for a ceremony commemorating his birthday. It is likely that this event was organized by Polla, who also likely served as a patron for both authors. Statius, who describes Polla as "a pearl among wives" ("rarissima uxorum"), also explicitly mentions that she requested the birthday ode for Lucan. Martial, in another poem, refers to Polla as his "queen" ("regina"), which—according to the classicist Emily A. Hemelrijk—likely references her role as his patroness. Moreover, according to the philologist Peter White, it is likely that Polla was intensely involved with literary activity, as Statius describes Polla utilizing the adjective "docta" ("well versed"), which White argues is unlikely to merely describe her relationship with the famous poet Lucan. The 5th-century CE author Sidonius Apollinaris implies that Polla may have aided Lucan in the creation of the Pharsalia, though White suggests that this story could easily be a later invention and denigrates the account as "sentimental fancy." The exact interpretation of the passage by Statius is unclear due to his unusual usage of the term "consuleremus." The passage in question, "cum hunc diem forte consuleremus," is translated by John Henry Mozley in the 1928 Loeb Classical Library edition of the text as "when we happened to be considering the celebration of the day." However, White argues that the verb consulo can only mean "to consider" when paired with a neuter pronoun, an adjective, or the term rem ("thing"). According to White, the word is typically equivalent to the English term "to consult," which necessitates that the text be awkwardly translated as "to consult the day." White proposes that the text may be corrupt and suggests that the original version perhaps utilized the verb "coleremus" ("to inhabit"), which may have referred to his presence at the ceremony. Based on this emended translation, and the usage of the term "forte" ("as luck would have it") in the text, White suggests that the passage indicates that Statius was likely already attending a celebration when Polla approached him and requested a poem. Statius describes the act of Polla entreating him for a poem, stating that she "requested it as a favor" ("imputari sibi voluit"). The specific term Statius utilizes, "imputari," is associated with the charging of payment for debts, perhaps—according to White—indicating that Statius had felt as if his clients had a moral obligation to remunerate him for his efforts. Alternatively, the classicist Robin Nisbet suggests that the usage of the term "imputari" may merely constitute wordplay based on the phonetic similarity of the name Argentaria to Latin argentarius ("banker"). In these poems, Polla is generally portrayed as embodying the traits associated with an ideal Roman wife: S

Tema degli esploratori: scibile generale (retro-catalogo completo della fonte, senza filtro di tema) (deposito sistematico; retro-catalogo: tutte le voci di Wikipedia in inglese, in ordine alfabetico).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Argentaria Polla» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentaria_Polla
Wikidata Q12898817: «art patroness and wife of Roman poet Lucan» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12898817
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentaria_Polla?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
Estratto dell'introduzione non modificato nel contenuto; revisione 1360612891, consultata il 2026-11-09T20:33:35.648Z tramite l'API ufficiale di Wikipedia. Impronta SHA-256 dell'estratto: ea9468ef3b5854ad1a39ebf665883195f13f1aadec41b8fdd39291d6d40d31f7