Horace's Epodes 9 A Toast to Actium Flashcards
When was it published?
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30 BC
Which themes does it cover?
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Imperator
What is the poem about?
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The poem describes how after the defeat of Sextus Pompey, Mark Antony and Cleopatra threatened Rome and how Caesar defeated them at Actium, how they then fled. It then lists great generals of Rome and how Caesar is better. It questions where MA and Cl have gone and says the Romans can now celebrate.
what examples of anti- eastern prejudice are there?
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“withered eunuchs”
“shameful pavilion”
how is Mark Antony referred to?
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“A Roman”
which other adversary of Octavian is mentioned? How is he depicted? Quotes?
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Sextus Pompey
“Pompey driven from the sea”
“having threatened the city”
He was helped by escaped slaves, who are referred to as “faithless slaves”
according to the poem, why does MA fight?
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“for a woman’s sake”
who does the poem say abandoned Antony?
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“two thousand Gauls, chanting Caesar”
which general is mentioned? what was he famous for?
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Africanus (Scipio)- he was the conqueror of Carthage
which conquered man is mentioned? who is he? who defeated him, and therefore is the implied great general?
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Jugurtha, a Numidian king who was defeated by the general Marius
what don’t they know in the poem?
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where MA and Cleopatra are going
which inaccuracies/ hyperboles are prevalent throughout the poem?
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“beaten at sea and on land”- they did not fight on land
