Down in Pompeii
A Sexual Graffito in Verse ( Cil 4.9123)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9666191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olivia Elder (0000-0003-3712-1693, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 360-364 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838824000296 |
| OpenAlex | W4396965429 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article revisits a famous graffiti poem from Pompeii ( CIL 4.9123). It argues that the poem is both more erotically charged and more cleverly metaliterary than previously recognized; and that this reading of the poem offers new evidence for the literary richness of Pompeii's graffiti culture
Ancient history · Art · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |