Alfius - Olfius : Une difficulté onomastique chez Martial (9,95)

It is hard, if not impossible, to understand Martial 9,95. Since 1474, following different MS readings, interpreters have developed three interpretations, sexual or monetary, or involving a symbolic play on letters. The text has become a hermetic text. The article seeks to analyze the evidence as fu...

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Published in:Revue de Philologie de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes 2002-07, Vol.76 (2), p.277-293
Main Author: VALLAT, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Classical literature
Diachronie et linguistique historique
Interpreters
Latin literature
Martial, Marcus Valerius
Roman civilization
Sciences du langage
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Summary:It is hard, if not impossible, to understand Martial 9,95. Since 1474, following different MS readings, interpreters have developed three interpretations, sexual or monetary, or involving a symbolic play on letters. The text has become a hermetic text. The article seeks to analyze the evidence as fully as possible, offering a largely new reading of the epigram, that makes it intelligible in the context of the work of Martial as a whole.
ISSN:0035-1652
1760-8430