The Rider and the Horse: Politics and Power in Roman Poetry from Horace to Statius
by Frederick M. Ahl, Ithaca, New York
and
Appendix: Statius, Silvae 3.4
by John Garthwaite, Dunedin, New Zealand
Contents
|
| Introduction |
40 |
I. Poetry and Propaganda |
42 |
II. Turning the Tables |
48 |
III. The Presumption of Sincerity |
50 |
IV. The Artist and Official Visions |
55 |
V. Confrontation |
60 |
VI. Calpurnius and the Golden Age |
62 |
VII. The Aristocrats |
70 |
VIII. The Flavians |
78 |
IX. Statius' Approach to Domitian |
85 |
X. The Largest Horse |
91 |
XI. The Rider on the Brink |
97 |
XII. Poetry and the Theatre |
102 |
| Conclusion |
108 |
| Appendix: Statius Silvae 3.4 by John
Garthwaite |
111 |
