Cleopatra and Antony in the First Book of Horace’s Odes: A Study in the Art of Allusion

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Faculty of Arts - Cairo University

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The treatment of the romantic relationship between Mark Antony and Cleopatra came into three poems in Horace’s first book of the Odes, and we cannot help ourselves but notice the poet’s strategy of only alluding to the two public figures rather than addressing them directly; this approach stemmed from Horace’s adherence to Augustus’ strategy regarding this serious matter. And with a great deal of ingenuity, Horace could use his allusions to implement variatio in his poems, enabling him to use various motifs that ultimately allowed these three poems to form a cohesive series that complements each other and helps connect the first book as a whole

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