Testamentum porcelli
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23724517 |
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| Authors | Jean‐Jacques Aubert (University of Neuchâtel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah13246 |
| OpenAlex | W4252192808 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The testamentum porcelli is a three‐hundred‐word mock testament written before 402 CE by an anonymous author. Consisting of two parts, it features a piglet about to be butchered asking for a short reprieve to write his will, in which he bequeaths his body parts to distinct groups of people. Exhibiting the usual traits of Late Antique Latin, with no fewer than seven neologisms, its humor depends on pregnant proper names and suggestive puns, mixing sexual, obscene, and culinary words.
Antique · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Neologism · Pun · Visual arts · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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