Event Title
Covering His Asterick: Allusions to Catullus in Martial Epigrams, Book 9
Location
King Building 341
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-29-2016 1:30 PM
End Date
4-29-2016 2:30 PM
Abstract
The Latin poet Martial is known for his allusive prowess and clever reworkings of texts in snappy epigrams. In this paper, I focus on Book 9 of his Epigrams and investigate how Martial alludes to the (much earlier) elegiac poet Catullus. By evoking Catullus’ poems through intertexts both obvious and oblique, Martial uses the Catullus poems to say that which he himself has left unsaid.
Recommended Citation
Stevens, Katharine, "Covering His Asterick: Allusions to Catullus in Martial Epigrams, Book 9" (04/29/16). Senior Symposium. 48.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2016/presentations/48
Major
Greek Language and Literature
Advisor(s)
Kirk Ormand, Classics
Project Mentor(s)
Kirk Ormand, Classics
April 2016
Covering His Asterick: Allusions to Catullus in Martial Epigrams, Book 9
King Building 341
The Latin poet Martial is known for his allusive prowess and clever reworkings of texts in snappy epigrams. In this paper, I focus on Book 9 of his Epigrams and investigate how Martial alludes to the (much earlier) elegiac poet Catullus. By evoking Catullus’ poems through intertexts both obvious and oblique, Martial uses the Catullus poems to say that which he himself has left unsaid.
Notes
Session I, Panel 5 - The Oblique, the Graphic, and the (Allegedly) Untranslatable
Moderator: Chris Trinacty, Assistant Professor of Classics