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The primary joke in Martial 2.26 is that a wealthy old woman’s attractions for the legacy-hunting suitor lie in her symptoms of mortal illness. The present article argues that the humor is enhanced by recognizing how, with a relentless series of double entendres, Martial merges the language of physical morbidity with that of erotic distress and conquest.
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