Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 58: Quintus Fabius Pictor, Prima Porta, Novus Homo

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Bernd Steinbock

Document Summary

Roman literature: roman literature based on greek literature: started by immigrants, epic (naevius, ennius, comedy, historiography. Fabius pictor in greek: cato the elder in latin. Sallist - crisis of the late republic: rhetoric. Stoicism (virtus, duty, manliness) -> perfect: epicureans -> dangerous, enormous tension between admiration and contempt, change political discourse in rome. Latin poetry: catullus (82-54, neoteric (like new things): idea - erudite poet (he refused to engage in politics) Art and literature in the age of augustus. Shows augustus as victorious general: idealism, youthful commander, looks like.