{"id":9446,"date":"2015-05-08T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/?p=9446"},"modified":"2015-05-08T09:58:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T13:58:18","slug":"the-smiling-spaniard-catullus-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/2015\/05\/08\/the-smiling-spaniard-catullus-39\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smiling Spaniard (Catullus 39)"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9446-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/BenalaytPodcast.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/BenalaytPodcast.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/BenalaytPodcast.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The cleverest thing about Catullus 39, argues <strong>Zacharia Benalayat<\/strong>, is the way the poem is structured to build up to the insult. Catullus&#8217; roasting of the toothy Spaniard Egnatius for his excessive smiling and dubious dental hygiene comes off as backhanded politeness, an expression of concern, and friendly advice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Benalayat_Tivoli_Fountain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9448 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Benalayat_Tivoli_Fountain-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A fountain in front of the Pantheon in Rome. Source: http:\/\/goo.gl\/n4GiCd\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Benalayat_Tivoli_Fountain-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Benalayat_Tivoli_Fountain.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Egnatius, quod candid\u014ds habet dent\u0113s,<br \/>\nren\u012bdet usquequ\u0101que. S\u012b ad re\u012b ventum est<br \/>\nsubsellium, cum \u014dr\u0101tor excitat fl\u0113tum,<br \/>\nren\u012bdet ille; s\u012b ad pi\u012b rogum fil\u012b<br \/>\nl\u016bg\u0113tur, orba cum flet \u016bnicum m\u0101ter, 5<br \/>\nren\u012bdet ille. quidquid est, ubicumque est,<br \/>\nquodcumque agit, ren\u012bdet: hunc habet morbum,<br \/>\nneque \u0113legantem, ut arbitror, neque urb\u0101num.<br \/>\nQu\u0101r\u0113 monendum est t\u0113 mihi, bone Egnati.<br \/>\nSi urb\u0101nus ess\u0113s aut Sab\u012bnus aut Tiburs 10<br \/>\naut parcus Umber aut ob\u0113sus Etruscus<br \/>\naut Lanuvinus ater atque dentatus<br \/>\naut Transp\u0101danus, ut me\u014ds quoque attingam,<br \/>\naut qu\u012blubet, qu\u012b puriter lavit dent\u0113s,<br \/>\ntamen ren\u012bdere usquequ\u0101que t\u0113 nollem: 15<br \/>\nnam ris\u016b inept\u014d res ineptior nulla est.<br \/>\nNunc Celtiber es: Celtiberi\u0101 in terr\u0101,<br \/>\nquod quisque minxit, h\u014dc sibi solet m\u0101n\u0113<br \/>\ndentem atque russam d\u0113fric\u0101re ging\u012bvam,<br \/>\nut, qu\u014d iste vester expol\u012btior d\u0113ns est, 20<br \/>\nh\u014dc t\u0113 amplius bibisse praedicet l\u014dti.<\/p>\n<p>Image:\u00a0A fountain in front of the Pantheon in Rome. Source: http:\/\/goo.gl\/n4GiCd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cleverest thing about Catullus 39, argues Zacharia Benalayat, is the way the poem is structured to build up to the insult. Catullus&#8217; roasting of the toothy Spaniard Egnatius for his excessive smiling and dubious dental hygiene comes off as backhanded politeness, an expression of concern, and friendly advice. Egnatius, quod candid\u014ds habet dent\u0113s, ren\u012bdet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}