Open Access<i>CIL</i> IV 6892
Author(s) -
Barry Baldwin
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1981.v49.i1.812
Subject(s) - philosophy , linguistics
This article examines the text and meaning of an anonymous epigram from Pompeii, with particular attention to the problem of what the word mora here means. Earlier explanations of the poem by Wick, Zangemeister, and Zottoli are discussed and found wanting. Various new possibilities are canvassed, with preference given to any one of several erotic interpretations