- Abstract:
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Extract: ‘The last stanza of Horace's poem’, writes Denis Feeney of Hor. Carm. 3.3, ‘declares virtually outright that he has just been “quoting” epic matter: “desine peruicax | referre sermones deorum et | magna modis tenuare paruis” (70–2)’. A poem that recounts the doings of gods automatically demands comparison with epic, but if the speeches of gods are presented, all the more so. Horace's poem in fact evokes an episode within a specific epic poem, the Council of the Gods... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Classical Quarterly Journal website
- Volume:
- 69
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 636-653
- Publication date:
- 2020-03-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-01-12
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-6844
- ISSN:
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0009-8388
- Pubs id:
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pubs:959310
- UUID:
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uuid:03158e7e-6265-4f59-94d9-e8c5ed78876f
- Source identifiers:
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959310
- Local pid:
- pubs:959310
- Language:
- English
- Copyright holder:
- Classical Association
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2020 The Classical Association
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Cambridge University Press at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838820000129
Journal article
‘To heaven on a hook’ (Dio Cass. 60.35.4): Ennius, Lucilius and an ineffectual Council of the Gods in Aeneid 10
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