Enno Friedrich presents a working paper on 'Ven. Fort. carm. 9, 6-7 – an interpretative commentary'

The paper consists of an interpretative commentary of two poems (which are possibly in fact one ‚unit‘). In these poems the self-styling of the poet plays a major role. I am trying to show that the poet is styling his poetic I as a ‚bad‘ or irreverent poet to a certain extent, while showing off his poetic skills at the same time. He makes his poem lightly puzzling for the recipient and thus more interesting.