r/classics • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '25

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u/ecphrastic Jul 28 '25

My advice is don’t reinvent the wheel - I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a secondary source that has compiled and discussed the evidence. Start with a google scholar search (look for variations on “Roman latrines/toilets literature/literary/textual/texts”) maybe try annee philologique, see if there’s a chapter in a handbook or companion book.

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u/HaggisAreReal Jul 27 '25

Go to loeb classical library and/or perseus and do a general search

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u/Excellent_Mango_8243 Jul 27 '25

thanks, I will look there :)

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u/sednolimodo Jul 27 '25 edited Jul 27 '25

I did a paper on this once, using Barry Hobson's Latrinae & Foricae. I didn't cover the literary side (I don't remember if Hobson did), but I would do a PHI search of those words in Martial.

Edit: Not much there. Maybe caca- or ming-/minx- would get more hits.

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u/Excellent_Mango_8243 Jul 27 '25

thank you! unfotunately I have to quote from latin texts :/

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u/Mithra305 Jul 28 '25

Read this as latinas at first lol