Open AccessEl uso de la antonimia en el Libro I de los <i>Epigramas</i> de Marcial
Author(s) -
Pedro Juan Galán Sánchez
Publication year - 2000
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.2000.v68.i2.151
Subject(s) - humanities , philosophy , art
This paper analyses the use that Martial makes of antonymy in Book I of his Epigrams. The study reveals that this lexical resource stands out as a major stylistic device in Martial’s epigrammatic work: almost 25 % of the 118 epigrams in Book I resort to antonymy in the construction of their characteristic witty endings. The study goes on to show that the same pairs of antonyms – or very similar ones – can be found throughout the rest of Martial’s Epigrams