CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Pediment, Catullus, B.C. Rich
19 Jan 2014
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Two poets are linked by the word otium used to describe their poems (leisure). Lost to mulling over his loss, trapped in extremely personal thoughts, idle time is dangerous as he indulges his own desires. No interest in pursuit of the arts, all self indulgent can be seen as a waste of time. Mulling over things he can no longer control, thinking about himself (too much self empathy). Horace: otium: quiet contemplation, pursuit of the arts at his own pace, away from the crowds of the city, with privacy of his farm. Pompeii well preserved due to the volcanic eruption operation of the roman house: o. Made this space the best of both worlds. Bc o patronus = patron (owner) o cliens = client (farmers, workmen, house workers, and artisans) o salutation = formal greeting/ reception, occurred in the atrium . Dionysiac imagery: female satyr suckled by goat o wild activity, unnatural arrangements o.
