{"id":9514,"date":"2015-05-12T10:19:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T14:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/?p=9514"},"modified":"2015-05-12T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T14:19:58","slug":"teeth-too-bright-catullus-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/2015\/05\/12\/teeth-too-bright-catullus-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Teeth Too Bright (Catullus 39)"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9514-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Nieuwenhuis_revised.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Nieuwenhuis_revised.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Nieuwenhuis_revised.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Catullus&#8217; poem calling out Egnatius for his inept smiling and his alleged habit of washing his bright white teeth with urine has an air of pseudo-politeness, argues <strong>Tim Nieuwenhuis<\/strong>. \u00a0The repetitions in the poem (<em>renidet &#8230; renidet &#8230; renidet<\/em>; <em>aut &#8230; aut &#8230; aut<\/em>) paint a picture of Egnatius&#8217; inept behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Nieuwenhuis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9516\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Nieuwenhuis-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Nieuwenhuis\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Nieuwenhuis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/catullus\/files\/2015\/05\/Nieuwenhuis.jpg 460w\" 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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image:\u00a0Thomas Rowlandson&#8217;s 1811 print of French dentist Dubois de Chemant showing off the mouth of a woman fitted with a double row of his mineral paste teeth and gums. Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabinetmagazine.org\/issues\/17\/jones.php\" target=\"_blank\">Cabinet Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catullus&#8217; poem calling out Egnatius for his inept smiling and his alleged habit of washing his bright white teeth with urine has an air of pseudo-politeness, argues Tim Nieuwenhuis. \u00a0The repetitions in the poem (renidet &#8230; renidet &#8230; renidet; aut &#8230; aut &#8230; aut) paint a picture of Egnatius&#8217; inept behavior. 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