Vitupério. Invectiva. Iambo grego. Sátira romana
Name: IANA LIMA CORDEIRO
Publication date: 27/06/2023
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| RAIMUNDO NONATO BARBOSA DE CARVALHO | Advisor |
Summary: The Greek iambus, produced during Archaic Greece between VII and IV a.C. by
Archillochus, Semonides and Hiponax, became known for its strong invective,
i.e., for its attack on contemporary individuals or behaviors. We see this aspect
also in imperial Roman satire, produced between II a.C. and II d.C., by Lucilius,
Horace, Persius and Juvenal. The approximation between the two genres had
already been established by the grammatician Diomedes, who defines both
iambus and satire with the same expression: carmen maledicum. Thus,
considering that, despite the temporal distance between them, there is
Callimachus, during the Hellenistic period, writing iambos according to the
hipponactean model and being imitated by Horace, we propose an approximation
between archaic iambic and roman satiric invective. In order to demonstrate this
ressemblance, we analyse thematic proximity from five categories: the
constitution of the poetic persona, personal invective, invective towards women,
attack on targets based on morality, and, at last, obscene language to describe
sexual organs and intercourse.
