The Night of Reason
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23442128 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mario Labate (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 74-95 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Augustan Poetry and the Irrational (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198724728.003.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W2492508892 |
| ISBN | 9780198724728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The city is the framework of Horace’s moral quest: the satirist depicts Rome as a place where this project can be carried out. This substantially favourable image of the urban environment is also linked with the majestic project that, right after the civil wars, was meant to create a bright and reassuring environment for secular and religious life. Maecenas participated in this process in an original way, mainly through the building of his own villa and of the horti Maecenatiani. The aim of this chapter is to analyse the symbolic value of the Esquiline theme in Horace: the urban regeneration is concerned with preserving the memory of the past, connecting the Esquiline to gloomy impressions of disorder and violence and making out of the renewal of one of the most squalid settings of Rome a powerful emblem of escape from that night of reason represented by the witches.
Classical Antiquity Studies · Environmental Science · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |