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Gross exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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Admirer of Sappho

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Catullus

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Positions between 2 extremes

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Mean

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Complex, song like poem devoted to a serious subject

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Ode

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Short saying

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Maxims

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Golden Mean; Carpe Diem

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Horace

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“To live forever, you must die gloriously”

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Roman paradox

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Duty; religious behavior

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Pietas

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Gravitas

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Weight/seriousness/dignity/importance

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Fides

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Trust

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Similarities/differences between Roman and Greek heroes

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S: strength, lineage (noble birth), religion (polytheism), abilities, and attitude (honorable)
D: character (G: larger than life; perfect/ R: more real humans)

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Roots of Roman literature

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Roman audience saw a Latin version of a Greek play

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Who conquered the Roman republic and turned it into an empire?

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Julius Caesar

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How did Roman form?

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Aeneas led Trojans to Italy and found Roman culture

Romulus argued where to build it with his brother, Remus, then killed him

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Athen

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Minerva

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Zeus

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Jupiter

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Poseidon

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Neptune

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Epicureans

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Ex: Catullus and Ovid

1) pleasure
2) avoid pain
3) true friendship (never worry about consequences)

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Stoics

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Ex: Virgil and Horace

1) behavior (indifferent), not words
2) logic
3) self-control/moderation

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Golden age

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Everything was good and joyful

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Silver age

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Work for everything they had

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Bronze Age

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Aggressive fighting (no wars but becoming less content)

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Iron Age

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People are dying, getting sick, greed is the root of all evil

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Elegy IV

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Written in honor of all women