Seizing the Zeitgeist
Ovid in exile and Augustan political discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11719331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jo-Marie Claassen, Jo‐marie Claassen (Stellenbosch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | annual |
| Pages | 52-79 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Classica : Proceedings of the Classical Association of South Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0065-1141 • E-ISSN: 2227-538X |
| Publisher | Classical Association of South Africa (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.15731/aclass.059.03 |
| OpenAlex | W2565285457 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Appropriation by Ovid of aspects of the Augustan propagandistic discourse may be traced in his exilic poetry. The exiled Ovid appears to be consciously featuring the imperial civic and political discourse in some of his many examples of allusion to the emperor. The paper examines some examples of such appropriation that add nuance to the apparently subservient attitude of Ovid to the emperor Augustus. Most of what Augustus wrote himself is lost, so that material available for direct comparison of Ovid's exilic oeuvre is relatively slight. Yet Ovid's apparent appropriation of the Augustan discourse, where it may be deduced, while reflecting the Augustan Zeitgeist, casts an interesting light on the poet-prince relationship
Art · Literature · Political science · Politics · Zeitgeist · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Law · Psychology
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