CLST 103 - Mid-Term 2 (all answers are correct)

Roman Poetry correct answers -Poetry is a mega-category Poetry correct answers -Anything that is in verse Prose correct answers -Anything that is not in verse Golden Age of Roman Literature correct answers -100 BC - AD 14 -Catullus and Horace both active in this period Catullus (84 BC - 54 BC) correct answers -Young and wealthy from small Italian town -Comes from property-owning class -A wealthy person -Roman convention would dictate that he try to gain honour through politics -But Catullus is not interested in politics or current events -Interested in personal relationships -Ex: relationship with lover and brother -Poetry from the heart -Catullus is in love with Lesbia (this is her persona) -Clodia is her actual name -Lesbia is married and is a lot older than Catullus and has a negative reputation -After 4 years, Lesbia grows tired of him -His poetry deals with the off and on and the breakup of this relationship -Deals with ups and downs of volatile relationship -He writes about Lesbia's singing bird that he is jealous of -Lesbia dumps Catullus for someone else -He cannot get over her -We do not know when Catullus died Because he was not part of politics it is not documented -Impression we get is that he died young -Catullus' work has lived on because it is relatable to us Horace (65 BC - 8 BC) correct answers -Very different approach from Catullus -Education: Vanusian, Rome, Athens -He is a wealthy young man -Good example of upward mobility -Father had been a slave but was freed -Horace was born a free man -Father mad enough to get Horace a good education -When Catullus was at finishing school in Athens, Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome -Brutus was one of leaders of conspiracy -Ex-slaves got freemans cap to show they had changed status -Horace is most active when civil wars have come to peak and Roman society is breaking down -He experiences this first hand -He is a young man in Athens