The Ichthyophagia (Fish-Eating) Dialogue
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The Ichthyophagia (Fish-Eating) Dialogue is a humanist Latin conversational text from Erasmus’s *Colloquia* that humorously explores themes of diet, morality, and everyday life through a dialogue about eating fish.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin text
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Renaissance work ⓘ dialogue ⓘ humanist text ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Erasmian humanism
NERFINISHED
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Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience |
educated lay readers
ⓘ
students of Latin ⓘ |
| author | Desiderius Erasmus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Catholic dietary regulations
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pre-Reformation Europe ⓘ |
| didacticFunction |
language learning
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moral instruction ⓘ religious reflection ⓘ |
| genre |
colloquy
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comic dialogue ⓘ didactic literature ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
Latin conversation practice
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school text ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryCollection | Erasmus’s Colloquia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Christian humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPurpose |
to entertain
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to instruct ⓘ to provoke moral reflection ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
comic exaggeration
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everyday speech ⓘ irony ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
diet
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everyday life ⓘ fasting practices ⓘ food customs ⓘ morality ⓘ religious observance ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| partOf | Colloquia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | early 16th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Christian ethics
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Lenten dietary rules ⓘ eating fish ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
| workIn | Erasmus’s Colloquies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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