{"id":9451,"date":"2015-05-08T10:20:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T14:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/?p=9451"},"modified":"2015-05-08T10:27:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T14:27:57","slug":"9451","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/2015\/05\/08\/9451\/","title":{"rendered":"Without Restraint (Catullus 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9451-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Catullus16_Eaton.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Catullus16_Eaton.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Catullus16_Eaton.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[For mature audiences only.] There is more to Catullus 16 than hair-raising obscenity, argues <strong>Sam Eaton<\/strong>. While many scholars think the tone of this poem is good-natured and jocular, Sam points out that the use of the verb <em>pedicare<\/em> very rare, and combined with the fierce alliteration of p sounds throughout the poem, likely indicates that Catullus means business. In the context of\u00a0Roman sexual mores and seen against the background of his other poems, Catullus&#8217; discussion of his own potential homosexual acts is not emasculating, but the opposite: an assertion of masculinity, and a declaration that he will write about his own emotions\u00a0frankly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9453 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Eaton_caracalla-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"Eaton_caracalla\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Eaton_caracalla-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Eaton_caracalla.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pedic\u0101bo ego v\u014ds et irrum\u0101bo,<br \/>\nAur\u0113l\u012b pathice et cinaede F\u016br\u012b,<br \/>\nqu\u012b m\u0113 ex versiculis me\u012bs put\u0101stis,<br \/>\nquod sunt mollicul\u012b, parum pudicum.<br \/>\nNam castum esse decet pium po\u0113tam 5<br \/>\nipsum, versicul\u014ds nihil necesse est;<br \/>\nqu\u012b tum denique habent salem ac lep\u014drem,<br \/>\ns\u012b sunt mollicul\u012b ac parum pudic\u012b,<br \/>\net quod pr\u016briat incit\u0101re possunt,<br \/>\nnon d\u012bc\u014d puer\u012bs, sed h\u012bs pil\u014ds\u012bs 10<br \/>\nqu\u012b dur\u014ds nequeunt mov\u0113re lumb\u014ds.<br \/>\nV\u014ds, quod m\u012blia multa basi\u014drum<br \/>\nl\u0113gistis, male m\u0113 marem put\u0101tis?<br \/>\nPedic\u0101bo eg\u014d v\u014ds et irrum\u0101bo.<\/p>\n<p>Image:\u00a0Bust of Emperor Caracalla, Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, Italian, Rome, about 1750\u201370. Marble, 28 in. high Source:\u00a0http:\/\/goo.gl\/Ghj0jy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[For mature audiences only.] There is more to Catullus 16 than hair-raising obscenity, argues Sam Eaton. While many scholars think the tone of this poem is good-natured and jocular, Sam points out that the use of the verb pedicare very rare, and combined with the fierce alliteration of p sounds throughout the poem, likely indicates [&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":[72],"class_list":["post-9451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-catullus-16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9451","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=9451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}