The classic world in the poetry of Luis Cernuda

This article explores the presence of the classical world in Luis Cernuda's poetry. Cernuda makes explicit allusion to it in his approach to Ancient Greece, which he regarded as the mythical space where the pillars of Western culture, philosphy and art had flourished. Equally, the poet expresses some of his recurrent themes, such as the apeal to beauty by comtemplating the young human body, through mythical Greek characters. Additionally, Cernuda showed a deep knowledge of Latin poetry in his paraphrase of verses by Catulo, Horatio or Virgil.