Playing Hard to Get: Martial and Dindymus
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Name: Martial Date: c. 40 – 100 CE Region: Bilbilis, Hispania [modern Spain] Citation: Epigrams 5.83 |
You flirt, I play hard to get.
You play hard to get, I flirt.
This is my mindset, Dindymus,
I don't want to want to be yours,
I want to not want you.
Playing
Hard to Get: Martial and Dindymus
Insequeris,
fugio; fugis, insequor. Haec mihi mens est:
velle
tuum nolo, Dindyme, nolle volo.
Martial [Marcus Valerius Martialis; 38 BCE – 102 CE, modern
Spain] Originally from Bilbilis, Hispania, the poet Martial moved to Rome in
the 60s CE to advance his career. His two extant works include de
Spectaculis, a collection of poems written to commemorate the opening of
the Colosseum, and a fifteen volume collection of epigrams. These poems provide
valuable insight into the private lives of Romans from all of the city’s social
classes.
