Christophe Vendries, Jean Trinquier, Les mots du bestiaire: jeux étymologiques en paroles et en images - p. 139
In Latin onomastics, it is not uncommon to find examples of cognomina formed from animal names (Aper, Mus, Ursus, etc.). In light of the widespread practice of puns based on etymology in ancient literature and epigraphy it seems worthwhile to focus on some cases of onomastic allusions related to the bestiary. Taking into account examples from iconography (funerary steles, gems, terracotta) and ancient textual production in both Greek and Latin, we propose to study the semiotic mechanisms employed in ancient cultures to play with this type of animal reference in order to measure their humorous and satirical effectiveness. We aim to show how the relationship between text and image works and to gain an insight into how such verbal and visual puns made sense to the viewer.
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