Satirical designators for Romans. The Roman past and Roman names in Persius’ Satire 1

Gavrielatos, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4587-3158 (2022) Satirical designators for Romans. The Roman past and Roman names in Persius’ Satire 1. Prometheus, 48. pp. 145-163. ISSN 2281-1044

Abstract/Summary

Persius refers to Romans with names drawn from the Roman past, namely Polydamas et Troiades, Titos, Romulidae, and Romule. The names are chosen due to their multi-layered semantics and allusions that result into irony and generate paradoxes that make up the satire. This paper aims to highlight the employment of these designators as a case study in literary onomastics in Roman satire. It comments on the function of the names in their context with a focus on the treatment of the Roman past through them; then it analyses the emerging patterns as additional aspects of Persius’ style and critique.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/119590
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Classics
Publisher	Firenze University Press
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