to augustus - horace

Question 1

when was it written?

Answer 1

13 BC

Question 2

Phoebus commended my verse

Answer 2

Apologises for writing of war, in a time of peace
Apollo

Question 3

my tiny sail on Tyrrhenian Seas

Answer 3

compares to epics
sea of west coast of Italy

Question 4

Caesar this age has restored rich crops

Answer 4

New age equals peace
Linking peace to Augustus

Question 5

Gates of janus’ is temple

Answer 5

Closed during a time of peace

Question 6

Tightened the rain on lawlessness

Answer 6

hints at the laws, Augustus put in place Leges iuliae

Question 7

Our empire were spread from the Suns lair in the west to the regions where rises at dawn

Answer 7

Hyperbole, everyone knows about Agusta’s empire from west to east

Question 8

With Cesar protecting the state no civil disturbance will banish the peace, no violence, no anger

Answer 8

pax Augusta
Link between a Gustus and the golden age

Question 9

danube

Answer 9

A river through south of Germany

Question 10

gestae

Answer 10

Bulgaria/Romania

Question 11

seres

Answer 11

China

Question 12

faithless, Persians

Answer 12

Othering as Faith is important

Question 13

don

Answer 13

River in Russia

Question 14

among laughter, loving Bacchus’ gift to us

Answer 14

Celebration and triumph

Question 15

our wives and our children

Answer 15

Time of peace means time for family we’re not away at war, they can have kids

Question 16

We’ll sing past leaders will sing of Troy anchises and the people of Venus

Answer 16

echoes Homer/Virgil
Rome is divine heritage
Augustus’ divine heritage