CLAS202 Final: COMPLETE FINAL EXAM NOTES
1 Dec 2012
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Covers the reigns of augustus, tiberius, & caligula. The truth of his stories is questionable. Ecologues (pastoral poetry) = ideal country people vs. ugly city dwellers: poetry about the good old days . Georgics (farming poetry) = contrast gaudy life of city dwellers vs. the simple life: poetry about farming/how to be a good farmer. Aeneid = from the fall of troy to the rise of augustus: theme: rome"s fate/destiny. Odes = light poetry on life, love, money, virtue, win, and beauty (carpe diem) Bipolar writer (wrote about happy and sad) Satires = makes fun of life in rome: only original literary form (that rome invented)! Epistles = sermons on morals, religion, and philosophy. Art of poetry = principles for writing poetry and tragedy. Writer of elegy (his joys and pains) Goes off into tangents of obscure greek myths. Popular; most sensual and sophisticated of elegist poets.
