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Apollo, Augustus and the Poets

John F. Miller

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Description:Apollo's importance in the religion of the Roman state was markedly heightened by the emperor Augustus, who claimed a special affiliation with the god. Contemporary poets variously responded to this appropriation of Phoebus Apollo, both participating in the construction of an imperial symbolism & resisting that ideological project. This 2009 book offers a synoptic study of Augustan Apollo in Augustan poetry. Topics explored include the divine self-imaging of late Republican rivals for power, poetic imaginings of Apollo's intervention at the pivotal battle of Actium, how poets read Augustus' new Palatine Temple of Apollo & the deity's role in the reconstituted Saecular Games, & Apollo's key position in the emerging dialectic between poetics--as traditional divine patron of music & literature--& politics--as patron of Augustus. Discussions encompass the major Latin poets (Horace, Virgil, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid) as well as anonymous voices in poetic lampoons, encomia & contemporary Greek verse.Octavian & ApolloApollo at ActiumApollo & the legend of AeneasApollo Palatinus Apollo & the new ageApolline poetics & AugustusOvid's Metamorphoses & Augustan ApolloWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Apollo, Augustus and the Poets. To get started finding Apollo, Augustus and the Poets, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 420

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press (NYC)

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ISBN: 0521516838

Description: Apollo's importance in the religion of the Roman state was markedly heightened by the emperor Augustus, who claimed a special affiliation with the god. Contemporary poets variously responded to this appropriation of Phoebus Apollo, both participating in the construction of an imperial symbolism & resisting that ideological project. This 2009 book offers a synoptic study of Augustan Apollo in Augustan poetry. Topics explored include the divine self-imaging of late Republican rivals for power, poetic imaginings of Apollo's intervention at the pivotal battle of Actium, how poets read Augustus' new Palatine Temple of Apollo & the deity's role in the reconstituted Saecular Games, & Apollo's key position in the emerging dialectic between poetics--as traditional divine patron of music & literature--& politics--as patron of Augustus. Discussions encompass the major Latin poets (Horace, Virgil, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid) as well as anonymous voices in poetic lampoons, encomia & contemporary Greek verse.Octavian & ApolloApollo at ActiumApollo & the legend of AeneasApollo Palatinus Apollo & the new ageApolline poetics & AugustusOvid's Metamorphoses & Augustan ApolloWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Apollo, Augustus and the Poets. To get started finding Apollo, Augustus and the Poets, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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