god
The Camenae
the Muses
also: Camenis, my Muses
Native Roman water-goddesses syncretized with the Greek Muses as patrons of poetry. Sulpicia's phrase 'my Camenae' stakes her claim to be a poet, not merely a beloved.
Reading notes
- The Elegies §13 my Muses
The Camenae were the native Roman water-goddesses who were syncretized with the Greek Muses as patron goddesses of poetry. Sulpicia's phrasing 'meis Camenis' ('my Muses') signals her claim to the role of poet, not merely beloved, in the elegiac tradition.