Martial’s epigram 10, 10 represents a particular case, if not a unicum, of satiric epigram, especially because of its target: a consular. This single poem confirms the need to recognize in Martial’s epigrams also a political-social component, that, even though it’s not comparable with the works and the thought of other contemporary authors, like Tacitus, stands out as a significant social and historical document of a wider crisis in Roman society. Martial builds this peculiar literary strategy wisely mixing the tradition of the epigrammatic genre and that of Latin satire, shaping with epigram 10, 10 more an ‘epigrammatic satire’ than a ‘satiric epigram’.
L'epigramma 10, 10 di Marziale: satira politica, società e interferenze tra generi.
C. Buongiovanni
2020
Abstract
Martial’s epigram 10, 10 represents a particular case, if not a unicum, of satiric epigram, especially because of its target: a consular. This single poem confirms the need to recognize in Martial’s epigrams also a political-social component, that, even though it’s not comparable with the works and the thought of other contemporary authors, like Tacitus, stands out as a significant social and historical document of a wider crisis in Roman society. Martial builds this peculiar literary strategy wisely mixing the tradition of the epigrammatic genre and that of Latin satire, shaping with epigram 10, 10 more an ‘epigrammatic satire’ than a ‘satiric epigram’.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
