Orazio e l’irrazionale: dèi e divinità nel vate augusteo

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Articolo

Rivista

AEVUM ANTIQUUM

Fascicolo

AEVUM ANTIQUUM - 2020 - 20

Titolo

Orazio e l’irrazionale: dèi e divinità nel vate augusteo

Horace and the Irrational: Gods and Divinity in the Augustan Vates

Autore

Andrea Cucchiarelli

Editore

Vita e Pensiero

Formato

Articolo |

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Online da

10-2021

Doi

10.26350/020747_000069

Issn

1121-8932 (stampa) | 1827-7861 (digitale)

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Horace is commonly considered to be close to Epicurean thought and, therefore, skeptical when it comes to the ultimate validity of traditional religion. However, a more thorough investigation of Horace’s philosophical education, in relation to the distinction between hexametrical sermo and lyrical carmen as literary forms, allows us to observe the actual presence of the ‘irrational’ and the divine in Horace. In building his lyrical architecture, Horace reveals that he regards divine figures as structural points of reference, whose description follows a precise ritual pattern.