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Play on the proper names of individuals in the Catullan corpus: wordplay, the iambic tradition, and the late Republican culture of public abuse

Ingleheart, J.

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Abstract

The paper explores the significance of names and naming in Catullus. Catullus’ use of proper names, and in particular his play on the connotations of the names of individuals who are attacked within his poems, has not been fully explored to date, and the paper identifies several examples of such play which have not previously been recognized. The paper examines Catullan wordplay in the context of both the iambic tradition and the public abuse culture of the late Roman Republic.

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Ingleheart, J. (2014). Play on the proper names of individuals in the Catullan corpus: wordplay, the iambic tradition, and the late Republican culture of public abuse. The Journal of Roman Studies, 104, 51-72. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0075435814000069

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 6, 2014
Online Publication Date Jun 13, 2014
Publication Date Nov 1, 2014
Deposit Date Nov 10, 2014
Publicly Available Date Dec 11, 2015
Journal Journal of Roman Studies
Print ISSN 0075-4358
Electronic ISSN 1753-528X
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 104
Pages 51-72
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0075435814000069
Keywords Catullus, Etymology, Wordplay, Cognomina, Iambic poetry, Republican oratory

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Copyright © The Author(s) 2014. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. This paper has been published in a revised form, subsequent to editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in 'Journal of Roman studies' (104: (November 2014) 51-72) http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JRS




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