Epicurean Ethics in Horace
Subtitle: The Psychology of Satire
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780198786559
Subjects: Philodemus, approximately 110 b.c.-approximately 40 b.c.; Horace; Philosophy, ancient
Description: Horace's Satires owe debts of influence to a wide range of genres and authors, including, as this study demonstrates, the moral tradition of Epicureanism. Focusing on the philosopher Philodemus of Gadara, it argues that the central concerns of his work lie at the heart of the poet's criticisms of Roman society and its shortcomings.