DOWN IN POMPEII: A SEXUAL GRAFFITO IN VERSE (CIL 4.9123)
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Published:2024-05-16
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Page:1-5
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ISSN:0009-8388
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Container-title:The Classical Quarterly
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language:en
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Short-container-title:The Class. Q.
Abstract
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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.
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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