A Stroll with Lucilius
Horace, Satires 1.9 Reconsidered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9361102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Ferriss-Hill (0000-0002-2283-9435, corresponding author), Jennifer L Ferriss-Hill |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 429-455 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Philology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9475 • E-ISSN: 1086-3168 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/ajp.2011.0032 |
| OpenAlex | W1972949779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article argues that the "bore" who pursues Horace in Satires 1.9 should be read as Lucilius, the inventor of Roman verse Satire. This reconsideration of the interlocutor allows certain previously puzzling aspects of the poem, in particular Horace's failure to escape from his companion, to be understood in programmatic terms. The poem literally enacts the complex and timeless dance between successor and model: as long as he is writing satire, Horace cannot be free of Lucilius' presence, and yet to succeed as a satirist he must struggle for a certain measure of independence from his predecessor
Art · Dance · Independence (probability theory · Literature · Poetry · Successor cardinal · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |