A. Lóio

Playing with Menander’s Play: Martial’s Apophoreta 187 (with a Note on Propertius’ Cynthia, Apoph. 189)

Abstract In the book cycle in the Apophoreta (183–196), Martial (re)reads Greco-Latin literature through a Saturnalian lens with the aim of challenging the traditional valuation of genres and ennobling his choice of epigram. This article focuses on the epigram for Menander’s Thais (187), which discusses the play in ter...