Gellérfi, Gergő2020-08-10Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, Vol. 55 (2019) , 195–2010418-453Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317280In this paper, the presence of food and dinners in connection with epic poetry in three different Juvenalian poems is discussed. The first is Satire 4 containing a mock-epic, the plot of which revolves around a giant turbot that is described with epic-style elements, and that is given to the emperor Domitian characterized by uncontrolled gluttony. The other two poems, Satires 5 and 11 , both focusing on dinner parties, are in connection with the epic genre as well: while in the closing poem of Book 1 , several epic connotations appear in the description of the gluttonous Virro’s extravagant dinner, in Satire 11 , the enjoyment of epic poetry is praised and compared to an almost pornographic dance performance in a luxurious feast. Reading the three poems together, it might be proved from another aspect that we have to make a distinction between the Juvenalian evaluation of topics described using epic-style elements and the epic poetry itself.application/pdfJuvenalsatireSilver Ageinvective poetryMartialfoodfolyóiratcikkOpen AccessActa Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensishttps://doi.org/10.22315/ACD/2019/11Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis55Acta Class. Univ. Sci. Debr.2732-3390