CLA233H1 Lecture : Martial Epigrams
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Apulias story of where heroes come from is from institutions like the funeral. N they can when they want to talk about rome. N using greek plays is a way to have deniability. Will go so far as to build fake lakes to stage battles for plays. Seneca says j a certain kind of person gets a certain kind of thing from gladiator shows (spectacles) N you say something about who you are by having consumed the medium. N before the play begins: soldier tricks odl woman and obducts other woman. N before but also in the play: policerio when slave is serving a different master. S seems crasy j disobeying but he is really obeying another master. N woman who pretends to be her own twin. N polisterio: tries to fool the person to think they saw something different, pol telling polinices, saw neighbor doing something. S tricks soldier into thinking the soldier is tricking the girl.
