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This article offers a philological commentary on the ‘Calpurnia Cycle’ present within the letters composed by Pliny the Younger, concentrating particularly on the analysis of  Ep.  7.5. The author behaves like a true elegiac lover and a loving husband, since the letters that he writes to his wife Calpurnia can be set in the context of the elegiac genre, given the lexicon and motifs present in them. Calpurnia is transformed into a  scripta puella  not in the sense of a metaphorical figure, but in the sense of ‘literary material’. The aim is to adapt the elegiac motifs to his declared intention of creating a positive image of his persona in the world and for posterity ( immortalitas ) through the  Epistulae . Although Pliny presents himself as  similis excluso amatori , albeit while innovatively setting the scene at midday, his interest is not in the typical elegiac conduct of  militia  or  servitium amoris , which would run counter to his self-presentation as an active and politically engaged citizen; rather, his theme is the praise of the beloved and reflections upon his own importance as a poet.

Plinius exclusus ( Ep. 7.5)