BLOOD ON HIS WORDS, BARLEY ON HIS MIND. TRUE NAMES IN CAESAR'S SPEECH FOR THE LEGENDARY ‘BARLEY-MUNCHER’ (BGALL. 7.77)

C. Krebs
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Abstract Critognatus’ speech has long been recognized as heavily by Caesar's hand, although few have questioned whether any speech was delivered by the Arvernian noble at all; and it has long puzzled readers with its contradictory manner and fierce criticism of Rome. But the etymologizing wordplay across several languages demonstrated below (along with other distinctly comical elements) renders it more than likely that both the speech and the speaker are products of the author's imagination. In its Nabokovian mode, it offers a glimpse of Caesar the linguist and introduces a playfulness into the dire situation before Alesia that suggests that the ‘Barley-Muncher’ and his speech should be reconsidered in a different, more humorous light.
他的话上有血,脑子里有大麦。在恺撒的演讲中,传说中的“大麦咀嚼者”(bgall)的真实名字。7.77)
长久以来,克里托格纳图斯的演讲被认为是出自凯撒之手,尽管很少有人质疑是否有任何演讲是由阿维尔贵族发表的;长期以来,它的矛盾态度和对罗马的激烈批评令读者困惑。但是,下面展示的几种语言的词源学上的文字游戏(以及其他明显的滑稽元素)更有可能使演讲和说话者都是作者想象的产物。在纳博科夫的模式下,它提供了一个语言学家凯撒的一瞥,并在阿莱西亚面前的可怕情况中引入了一种幽默,这表明“大麦-蒙彻”和他的演讲应该以一种不同的、更幽默的方式重新考虑。
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