Caligula, Midas, and the Failure to Make Gold

IF 0.7 2区历史学 N/A CLASSICS

CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1086/727862

Serena Connolly

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Abstract

Suetonius reports that the emperor Caligula was fond of saying that a man ought to choose between being frugal (frugi) and being a Caesar. While generally understood as a self-referential declaration of Caligula’s excess, it has also been interpreted as a pun on the name of M. Licinius Crassus Frugi, whose son was an enemy of the emperor. This paper identifies an additional pun that contrasts the Phrygian king Midas, famed for his golden touch, with Caligula, whose attempt to turn arsenic sulfide into gold had failed. This newly identified pun reveals Caligula’s witticism to be self-aware and self-deprecating.

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卡里古拉、迈达斯和淘金的失败

苏埃托尼乌斯（Suetonius）报道说，卡里古拉皇帝喜欢说，一个人应该在节俭（frugi）和成为凯撒之间做出选择。虽然人们通常将其理解为卡里古拉对自己过激行为的自我暗示，但也有人将其解释为对 M. Licinius Crassus Frugi 这个名字的双关语，他的儿子是皇帝的敌人。本文还发现了另外一个双关语，将以金手指闻名于世的弗里吉亚国王迈达斯与卡里古拉进行对比，后者将硫化砷转化为黄金的尝试失败了。这一新发现的双关语揭示了卡里古拉的俏皮话具有自知之明和自嘲意味。

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CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY CLASSICS-

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期刊介绍： Classical Philology has been an internationally respected journal for the study of the life, languages, and thought of the Ancient Greek and Roman world since 1906. CP covers a broad range of topics from a variety of interpretative points of view. CP welcomes both longer articles and short notes or discussions that make a significant contribution to the study of Greek and Roman antiquity. Any field of classical studies may be treated, separately or in relation to other disciplines, ancient or modern. In particular, we invite studies that illuminate aspects of the languages, literatures, history, art, philosophy, social life, and religion of ancient Greece and Rome. Innovative approaches and originality are encouraged as a necessary part of good scholarship.

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