https://www.peren-revues.fr/eugesta/838 Entrées d’index fr 0 https://www.peren-revues.fr/eugesta/832 This paper explores evidence for third party manumissions, indicated in the sources by forms of λυέσθαι and λυτρώσασθαι. It considers the procedure followed and the legal status of slaves freed in this manner, but the focus is on conceptions of this method of manumission and social mentalities toward it. The paper concludes that this practice was an informal procedure of manumission used to free prostitutes. Oratory and comedy employ it as an example of youthful extravagance and to comment on an opponent’s negative mental state. It also highlights a common stereotype of prostitutes as manipulative and scheming. While the procedure of third party manumission supports arguments for different classes of freed slaves, it also questions the idea that masters imposed formal conditions on the freedom of ex-slaves in classical Athens. mar., 14 juin 2022 10:14:10 +0200 mer., 18 oct. 2023 11:22:55 +0200 https://www.peren-revues.fr/eugesta/832 https://www.peren-revues.fr/eugesta/983 My paper examines the use of the Latin diminutive noun puella, literally meaning “sexually immature” young girl, in Roman comedy, lyric and elegy. It considers how and why Catullus, Horace and the Augustan love elegists employed this noun for mature women they depict as sexually active and emotionally valued. Its analysis builds upon and critiques two earlier linguistic studies: one on the nouns puella and virgo, the other on puella as a term for “prostitute”. By so doing, it argues for the importance of analyzing Latin texts concerned with gender issues through traditional philological as well as innovative theoretical lenses. mar., 14 juin 2022 15:42:56 +0200 jeu., 09 mars 2023 16:13:29 +0100 https://www.peren-revues.fr/eugesta/983