Satire in Green
Marked Clothing and the Technique of indignatio at Juvenal 5.141-45
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9388065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marianne Hopman (Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 557-574 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Philology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9475 • E-ISSN: 1086-3168 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/ajp.2003.0060 |
| OpenAlex | W2053075064 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
At Juvenal 5.141-45, Virro distributes a curious series of presents to the children of his impoverished client Trebius: a viridis thorax, nuts, and an as. Through an exploration of the connotations attached to these gifts, I argue that the scene provides a vivid mise en abyme for the rest of the poem. Just as the dinner offered to Trebius is not only meager but transforms him into a buffoon, the presents given to his children are both mean and perverse. In particular, the viridis thorax has un-Roman and effeminate connotations akin to the description of patronage as a sexual perversion in Satire 9
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Biology · Clothing · Literature · Perversion · Poetry · Psychoanalysis · Rest (music · Thorax (insect anatomy · Anatomy · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |