CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Brindisi, Gaius Maecenas, Mock-Heroic
14 Nov 2016
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Highly educated, put boor very smart and capable: rose to be one of the greatest poets of his generation, rose through social ranks and met many other popular poets, including virgil. It was virgil who made the single most important introduction in horace"s life: introduced horace to a man named maecenas monumental moment for horace. Poetry: personal, various kinds (odes, epistles, satires: wide ranging, world he creates in his poetry are founded in his own personal experiences. With horace"s satires, it is important to remember they were written under the patriage of. Brundisium = an embassy: civil war going on, as octavian and antony are fighting for power. A political mission in the guise of a private trip. Horace downplays the significance of the feud. Horace represents the journey as a private event, though in reality it was a very public trip. Simple travelogue turns political: very general beginning.
