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MARONIS MENTULA: VERGIL ALS PRIAPEEN-DICHTER BEI MARTIAL (MART. 9, 33)

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Published/Copyright: August 24, 2013

Abstract

In the traditional view, Martial’s epigram 9. 33 makes fun of a fictive character named Maro, who - thanks to his oversized phallus (mentula) - is applauded in the baths. This paper argues that the real concern of the poem are not (or not in the first place) physical body parts, but a literary corpus of obscene texts featuring the notorious mentula, namely the Priapea attributed to P. Vergilius Maro.

Online erschienen: 2013-8-24
Erschienen im Druck: 2013-7-1

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