Augustus (Religious leader) Flashcards
Res Gestae 7 quote (Also for Culture Hero)
“I was pontifex maximus, augur..”
Res Gestae 11 quote (Augustalia)
“The Senate consecrated the altar of Fortuna Redux … and it named the day Augustalia, from my cognomen.”
Res Gestae 20 quote (Also for Culture Hero)
“In my sixth consulship I restored eighty two temples..”
Res Gestae 35 quote (Gained cognomen)
”..by senatorial decree, I was named Augustus … for my courage, clemency, justice, and piety..”
Suetonius 31 quote (The Sibylline Books)
”..he gathered together all the Greek and Latin prophecies … and burned more than two thousand, keeping only the Sibylline Books, which he edited..”
Suetonius 31 quote (Revival of rites)
“He also revived various ancient rites … such as … the festival of the Lupercalia, the Secular Games..”
Suetonius 70 quote (Feast of The Twelve Gods)
”..the feast of The Twelve Gods … The guests appeared dressed as deities, with Augustus as Apollo..”
(Source for this was a letter by Mark Antony)
Horace Ode 3.14 quote (Holy ribbons)
“May his wife … having sacrificed to true gods, appear now … all dressed in holy ribbons..”
Horace Ode 4.4 quote (Gods restored)
”..the shrines destroyed by the Carthaginians … had their gods restored.”
(By Drusus and Tiberius)
Horace Carmen Saeculare quote (The Fates)
”..you, the Fates, who are truthful in prophecy, link happy destinies..”
(Reference to the prophecies Augustus burned and edited?)
Horace Carmen Saeculare quote (Peaceful Apollo)
“Gentle and peaceful Apollo, lay down your arms..”
(Link to Octavian, warlike Apollo, becoming Augustus, peaceful Apollo?)
Propertius Elegy 3.4 quote (Our god)
“Caesar, our god..”
(The direct acknowledgement of worshipping Augustus is unusual)
Propertius Elegy 4.6 quote (Jupiter listening)
”..while Caesar’s sung, Jupiter, I beg you, yourself, to listen.”
Propertius Elegy 4.6 quote (Apollo of Actium’s temple)
“So Apollo of Actium gained his temple, each of whose arrows destroyed ten ships.”
