Chapter Fifteen. Return to Sender: Horace's sermo from the Epistles to the Satires*

  1. Gregson Davis
  1. Andrea Cucchiarelli Associate Professor

Published Online: 8 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9781444319187.ch15

Book Title

A Companion to Horace

A Companion to Horace

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How to Cite

Cucchiarelli, A. (2010) Return to Sender: Horace's sermo from the Epistles to the Satires*, in A Companion to Horace (ed G. Davis), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444319187.ch15

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  1. Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor, Department of Classical Studies, Duke University, USA

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  1. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 FEB 2010
  2. Published Print: 12 MAR 2010

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Print ISBN: 9781405155403

Online ISBN: 9781444319187

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Keywords:

  • Return To Sender - Horace's sermo from Epistles to the Satires*;
  • Greek noun epistolē - finding its way into Latin (epistula) at an early date;
  • Horace - possessing distinct editorial sensibility - in arranging his poems in book form;
  • Maecenas–Lollius, in reverse order, Lollius–Maecenas forming“double frame” of liber;
  • principle of disposition - recognized in identity of Horace's recipients;
  • image of young Lollius, caught up in dazzling social and literary diversions of Rome;
  • first book of the Odes - ending with Persicos odi, puer, apparatus;
  • Epistles, figure of Aristius Fuscus - evoking the memory of last two satires of Book I;
  • “Interval” on Thirteenth Epistle - Vinnius Asina, and Augustus;
  • “Personal” revelations - Horace's sermo from Satires to the Epistles

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • The frame and beyond: Lollius, Celsus, and Albius

  • In the middle: the boundary of ten, Maecenas and Aristius Fuscus

  • “Interval” on the Thirteenth Epistle, Vinnius Asina, and Augustus

  • Inside the frame II : Lollius and Maecenas (in reverse order)

  • “Personal” revelations: Horace's sermo from the Satires to the Epistles

  • Farewell

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