Date of Award:
8-2021
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Arts (MA)
Department:
History
Committee Chair(s)
Mark Damen
Committee
Mark Damen
Committee
Frances Titchener
Committee
Seth Archer
Committee
Afsane Rezaei
Abstract
Don’t Get Me Started About the Water analyzes the food in the dinner of Juvenal’s fifth satire from the perspective of Roman foodways in the first and second centuries. This analysis provides a surprising conclusion: although the guest and host are served dishes differing vastly in quality, neither man gets a nutritious meal. This follows with arguments elsewhere in the Satires, namely that Rome itself kills its occupants and the best course of action is to abandon the city for the countryside.
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Recommended Citation
Reese, Alex, "Don't Get Me Started About the Water: Foodways and Power in Juvenal's Satire V" (2021). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 8199.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8199
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