‘To heaven on a hook’ (Dio Cass. 60.35.4): Ennius, Lucilius and an ineffectual Council of the Gods in Aeneid 10
<strong>Extract: </strong> ‘The last stanza of Horace's poem’, writes Denis Feeney of Hor. Carm. 3.3, ‘declares virtually outright that he has just been “quoting” epic matter: “desine peruicax | referre sermones deorum et | magna modis tenuare paruis” (70–2)’. A poem that recounts t...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge University Press
2020
|