| Description |
1 online resource (348 pages) |
| Contents |
Philosophical background to Epicureanism in Satires -- Epicurean economic and social undertones of Satires 1.1-3 -- Horace's Epicurean moral credentials in Satires 1.4 and 1.6 -- Flattery, patronage, wealth, and Epicurean ethics : Satires 1.9, 2.5, and 2.6 -- Deficient wealth, excessive frankness: Satires 2.2., 2.3, and 2.7 |
| Summary |
Horace's Satires owe debts of influence to a wide range of genres and authors, including, as this study demonstrates, the moral tradition of Epicureanism. Focusing on the philosopher Philodemus of Gadara, it argues that the central concerns of his work lie at the heart of the poet's criticisms of Roman society and its shortcomings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 24, 2018) |
| Subject |
Horace. Satirae.
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Philodemus, approximately 110 B.C.-approximately 40 B.C. -- Influence
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Philodemus, approximately 110 B.C.-approximately 40 B.C. fast |
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Satirae (Horace) fast |
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Satire.
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Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Satire
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191090127 |
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0191090123 |
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9780191828829 |
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0191828823 |
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