Charidemus Martial, Epigrams 11.39

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines 1-2 cunarum fueras motor, Charideme, mearum You had been the rocker of my cradle, Charidemus et pueri custos assiduusque comes. and guardian and constant companion of me as a boy.

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines 1-2 1)What has been the relationship between Charidemus and the author? 2)What might Charidemus role/job have been? 3)What duties would he have had towards the author?

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines 3-6 iam mihi nigrescunt tonsa sudaria barba now the barbers’ towels grow black when my beard has been shaved et queritur labris puncta puella meis; and my girl complains when she has been prickled by my lips sed tibi non crevi: te noster vilicus horret, but to you I have not grown up: our estate manager trembles at you 5 te dispensator, te domus ipsa pavet. our accountant fears you, the house itself is scared of you.

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines 3-6 4) Name two proofs that the author gives that he has grown up – give Latin and English. 5) in line 5, we have the central point of the poem – what problem does the author have with Charidemus – give the four-word Latin phrase and the English translation. 6) which three members of the author’s household are scared of Charidemus?

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines 7-10 ludere nec nobis nec tu permittis amare; You allow us neither to play, nor to love; nil mihi vis et vis cuncta licere tibi. You want nothing to be allowed to me, and you want all things to be allowed to you corripis, observas, quereris, suspiria ducis, you scold, you watch, you complain, you sigh, et vix a ferulis temperat ira tua. and your anger scarcely refrains from the canes

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines ) What does Charidemus not allow our author to do? 8) (line 8) Why isn’t this fair? 9) Name four ways in which Charidemus shoews his disapproval. (Latin & translation) 10) Name one way in which he has not (yet) shown his disapproval.

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines si Tyrios sumpsi cultus unxive capillos, if I have put on purple clothes or dressed my hair exclamas 'numquam fecerat ista pater'; you exclaim “ Your father never did such things!” et numeras nostros astricta fronte trientes, and you count our drinking cups with furrowed brow, tamquam de cella sit cadus ille tua. as though that wine jar were from your cellar. desine; non possum libertum ferre Catonem. Stop. I cannot bear a killjoy freedman.15 esse virum iam me dicet amica tibi. My girlfriend will tell you that I am already a man.

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines ) What particular forms of dress does Charidemus disapprove of? 12) What do we learn of Charidemus’ relationship with the author’s family from line 12? 13)How can we tell that Charidemus is disapproving in line 13?

Martial, Epigrams – Charidemus Lines ) Line 14 – What difference would it make if the wine was from the cellar of Charidemus himself? 15) How, finally, does the author try to prove to Charidemus that he has grown up? What effect is that likely to have on Charidemus? 16)Would a mature man use this particular proof?