Horace 4.1 Flashcards
What is Horace 4.1?
This poem is about how Horace is too old for love, and so Venus should go bother the rich man Paulus.
Paulus will give him nice things, and all sorts of parties.
Nobody can make Horace love, and because of that he is sad and can only love in dreams.
How does Horace start this poem?
Venus are your brining back
long paused wars?
What does Horace ask of Venus?
Be merciful I pray, I pray.
Why should Venus be merciful?
I am not as I was under the reign of good Cinara.
What should Venus do to be merciful?
Stop, savage mother of sweet Cupids
What should Venus stop doing?
Bending one now hard to your soft orders for 50 years
What should Venus do instead?
Go away, where the nice prayers of young men call you back.
What young man in particular?
Suitably, you should feed in the house of Paulus Maximus on purple scents and you will be happy
What will Venus do to Paulus?
If you are seeking to churn a suitable liver;
Why should Venus choose Paulus?
for he is noble and decent
and loud for defendants,
a boy of 100 skills
What will Paulus do for Venus?
He will bear your army’s sign widely
How does Paulus treat his enemies?
And, whenever he is more powerful
he will laugh at the gifts of a generous rival
What will Paulus build for Venus?
And will put for you a marble statue near the
Alban lake beneath a citrus wood beam.
What will Venus smell with Paulus?
You will take with your nostrils
much incense there
What will Venus hear with Paulus?
And enjoy the lyre and
Berecynthian flute
mixed songs with a panpipe
Who will Venus and Paulus party with?
There twice a day boys
praising your power with gentle
virgins with white feet
What will the group of boys and virgins do?
Shake the Salian ground in triple time.
