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Preview of Testāmentum Porcellī (The Piglet's Will): A Bite-Sized Ancient Latin Treasure

Testāmentum Porcellī (The Piglet's Will): A Bite-Sized Ancient Latin Treasure

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Mathew Olkovikas
The Testāmentum Porcellī, whose authorship is unknown, likely dates from about the mid-300s A.D. A favorite among Roman schoolchildren for its farcical, ribald tone and somewhat singsong grammatical patterns, the text, comically following and punning on legalese conventions, tells the woefully fatal tale of one Marcus Grunnius Corocotta, the will’s eponymous porcellus. Apparently fated for the Saturnalia table, the piglet with impish defiance allots his possessions, including those of a corporea
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