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A Learned Dog: Roman Elegy and the Epitaph for Margarita.
- Source :
- Classical Journal; 2024, Vol. 119 Issue 3, p320-346, 27p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The epitaph for Margarita (CIL 6.29896) consists of six elegiac couplets in Latin engraved on a small marble plaque in commemoration of a domestic dog. It was discovered in Rome and likely made in the second century CE. In this paper I examine its allusions to Augustan elegy and verse epitaphs for humans, arguing that it humorously applies eroticizing and literary language to a dog. I then consider Margarita’s status as an import from Gaul, arguing that the epitaph fits into a broader tendency of Augustan elegy to use foreign luxuries to eroticize and naturalize Roman imperialism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EPITAPHS
COUPLETS
INSCRIPTIONS
STANDARD language
ELEGIAC poetry
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00098353
- Volume :
- 119
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Classical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175552493
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/tcj.2024.a919681