CLST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Catullus, Domus Aurea, Sophocles
12 Oct 2016
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When ancients spoke of someone making himself ridiculous while violating the rule of just by trying to get something for nothing: apt to think of eating. Greeks and even more so on romans put a lot of emphasis on food: latin word sum: means both i am and i eat . Someone who tries to get food for free is a parasite. The barber"s sixth brother : catullus offers no food, asks his guest to bring the dinner, he"s not a total moocher, supplies perfume so wonderful that when fabullus smells it. Asks the gods to make him all nose. Can get clothes for free too: example: aesop"s fable of the north wind and the sun, north wind and the sun argue about who is the stronger, sun suggests a contest to decide point. Contest consisted of who can take off the cloak of a farmer. North wind only made farmer wrap more tightly into his cloak.
