BIG NAMES IN MARTIAL.
The article presents an opinion regarding the poem "Martial" and the nature of the word play which depend on the recognition of the three cognomina that the poet referred to is bigger than its predecessor by one letter. The cognomina are Creticus, Africanus and Germanicus. Each cognomen is bigger th...
| Published in: | Classical Journal Vol. 101; no. 3; pp. 299 - 301 |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Feb/Mar2006
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