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Post by nutsberryfarm π on Jul 19, 2019 18:32:25 GMT
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/05/10/cooking-with-martial-and-catullus/In ancient Rome, poetry was pop culture, and being a poet was a viable living of sortsβyou attached yourself to a patron and wrote flattering words about him, nasty verse about his enemies, and humorous epigrams to enliven his dinner parties. You kissed political ass, stuck in well-timed barbs, snarked about fashion and stupid food trends, and called out friends, foes, and former lovers. And while many wrote elevated, epic work, there was a thriving culture of poets like Martial (A.D. 40β103) and Catullus (84β54 B.C.), whose catty, witty, often obscene poems reflect daily life and circulated first through gossipy word-of-mouth and graffiti.
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