CLAS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lyric Poetry, Carpe Diem, Gaius Maecenas

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Years named after consuls or numbered from foundation of rome in 753. Friend of augustus who introduced him to vergil. Livy than they actually were) or idea which was very creative but if facts didn"t fit his theme he would leave them out (his were not chronological) give people moral lessons) Virgil when rome was small and close-knit communities with dido, rome"s great ancestors from the goddess venus to augustus, rome"s virtues, beautiful poetry). Consists of the odyssey of homer, iliad of homer. The theme was rome"s fate/destiny which was to rule the world, spare the weak, and defeat the proud. Ecologues pastoral poetry (ideal country people vs ugly city dwellers) Georgics didactic farming poetry (the simple life) = themes of the good old days. Greatest prose writer in rome (great eloquence and speeches) Plays up rome"s enemies and plays down roman vices (makes rome sound even better.

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