Purpureo bibet ore nectar’
A reconsideration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9666932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J S C Eidinow (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 463-471 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cq/50.2.463 |
| OpenAlex | W2115761693 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
‘To attempt to say anything new about Horace may seem absurd.’ To attempt to say anything new about the Roman Odes may seem still more absurd; my purpose, nevertheless, is to reconsider the lines of Carm . 3.3 set out above, and to reinterpret an argument begun by the editor of the Delphin Horace (1691) in which the authority of Bentley is against me. My question is: what does Horace mean the reader to understand by describing Augustus as drinking nectar ‘purpureo ore’
Absurdism · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Biology · Epistemology · Literature · Set (abstract data type · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Philosophy
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A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture
Roman Republican Coinage
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |