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Note 31 — INTRODUCTION

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Footnote 31:

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Mele (op. cit) states that the Sapphic ode was introduced into Spain from Italy by Antonio Agustín, bishop of Tarragona, in the first half of the sixteenth century, and quotes these lines by Agustín:

Júpiter torna, como suele, rico: Cuerno derrama Jove copiöso, Ya que bien puede el pegaseo monte Verse y la cumbre.

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