Horace Flashcards

1
Q

On what earlier authors did Horace base his Epodes?

A

Archilochus and Hipponax

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2
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What did Horace call “Iambi”?

A

Epodes

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3
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How many short poems are in the Epodes?

A

17

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4
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When did Horace write the Epodes?

A

between 41 and 30 B.C., they were published in 30 B.C.

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5
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To whom is the prefatory poem of the Epodes addressed?

A

Maecenas

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6
Q

What is the meter most prevalent in the Epodes?

A

iambic

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7
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Which Epode is referred to as “gnomic” because it celebrated drinking?

A

the 13th

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8
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How many books are in Horace’s Satires?

A

two

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9
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What is another name for Horace’s Satires?

A

Sermones

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10
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How many poems are in Horace’s first book of Satires?

A

10

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11
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To whom did Horace dedicate his Satires?

A

Maecenas

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12
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In what year did Horace publish his Satires?

A

35 B.C.

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13
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Which poem in Horace’s Satires is modeled on Lucilius’s Iter Siculum?

A

poem 5

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14
Q

When was Horace’s second book of Satires published?

A

30 B.C., with the Epodes

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15
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How many poems are in Horace’s second book of Satires?

A

8

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16
Q

Which poem in Horace’s second book of Satires inspired Petronius’s Cena Trimalchione?

A

poem 8

17
Q

When were the first three books of the Odes written?

A

from 30-23 B.C. (published in 23 B.C.)

18
Q

When was the fourth book of the Odes published?

A

13 B.C.

19
Q

Who influenced book 4 of the Odes?

A

Pindar

20
Q

Who does Horace address in the first Ode?

A

Maecenas

21
Q

When did Horace write the Epistulae?

A

23-20 B.C.

22
Q

How many poems are in Horace’s Epistulae?

A

20 poems

23
Q

In what meter is the Epistulae?

A

hexameter

24
Q

When was the second book of the Epistulae published?

A

posthumously

25
Q

How many poems are in Horace’s second book of Epistulae?

A

2

26
Q

What is an alternate name for Horace’s Ars Poetica?

A

Epistula ad Pisones

27
Q

Who was Horace’s source for his Ars Poetica?

A

Neoptolemus of Parium

28
Q

In which work is Horace’s Carmen Saeculare contained?

A

Odes, last poem of book 3

29
Q

For what event was the Carmen Saeculare written?

A

Ludi Saeculares in 17 B.C.

30
Q

In what meter is the Carmen Saeculare written?

A

Sapphic

31
Q

To whom does Horace dedicate the Carmen Saeculare?

A

Apollo and Diana

32
Q

Who sang the Carmen Saeculare?

A

27 boys and girls

33
Q

Which work of Horace contains invectives against a witch, a slanderer, garlic, and Maecenas?

A

Epodes

34
Q

Which work of Horace talks of the basics of Peripatetic theories on poetry?

A

Ars Poetica

35
Q

Which work of Horace contains a song of joy for the death of Cleopatra?

A

Odes

36
Q

Which work of Horace contains the story of a city and country mouse?

A

Satires (specifically 2.6)

37
Q

Which work of Horace is a series of letters written to various people of importance?

A

Epistulae

38
Q

When was the first book of Epistulae written?

A

20 B.C.