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Tui plenum: Horace in the Presence of the Gods
- Author(s):
- Daniel Barber (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Group(s):
- Ancient Greece & Rome, Classical Philology and Linguistics
- Subject(s):
- Greeks--Social life and customs, Civilization, Greco-Roman, Latin language, Latin literature, Lyric poetry, History, Literature--Philosophy
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Horace, Classical Greek culture, Classics, Latin, History and theory of lyric
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/p4am-na68
- Abstract:
- In Books 1-3 of the Odes, Horace makes clear a hierarchy of divinity through the structures of lyric address and distinguishes the gods and goddesses of his poetic preference from the preeminent deities of Augustan state cult. Specifically, he equivocates masterfully as he approaches Apollo and Jupiter while elevating Mercury, a minor figure in the Augustan religious revival, to special prominence. In the end, he shows himself most proximate to the Muses and Bacchus, the traditional gods most symbolic of his own literary aspirations
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- Published as:
- Book chapter
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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