Poetry and Politics in the Age of Augustus

Actium actually Aeneas Aeneid Aeschylus already Antony Apollo appears Aristaeus associated Augustan Augustus battle bees beginning Caesar Cairns Carthage cause celebration choric claims clear close concerned connection contemporary context contrast course Cyrene dedication described Dido direct earlier elegy epic especially evidence example fact Fasti final friends further given gives gods Greek Hellenistic Horace Horace's hymn important indicated Italy Juno Jupiter later least less lines literary Maecenas means mentioned Muse nature Octavian Odes Ovid Ovid's parallel passage performance perhaps poem poet poetry political Pompeius position possible present probably propaganda Propertius 4.6 question reader reason recent reference rhetorical Roman Rome satires says seems significance similar simply speech stanzas story suggests temple theme tion Triumvirs Venus victory Virgil writing written