Damnatio memoriae? Antony and Cleopatra in Horace’s poetry

This article examines how Horace represents Cleopatra and Mark Antony in his Odes and Epodes. In order to do so, Lyne’s theory (1995), that Horace avoided direct vituperation of the great political personages of his time until Octavian, the future Augustus, won the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, was of...

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Autor: Ferreira Paulino da Silva, Dra. Camilla
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
Repositorio:Rónai
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufjf.br:article/23032
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/23032
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Horace
Cleopatra
Mark Antony
alterity
Horácio
Cleópatra
Marco Antônio
alteridade
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Sumario:This article examines how Horace represents Cleopatra and Mark Antony in his Odes and Epodes. In order to do so, Lyne’s theory (1995), that Horace avoided direct vituperation of the great political personages of his time until Octavian, the future Augustus, won the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, was of use. Thus, starting from the theory of alterity of Jovchelovitch (1998) and also Girardet’s concept of political mythology (1987), we seek to understand how Horace uses certain commonplaces to delegitimize the Egyptian queen and her consort.