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Episode 50: Our Brutal Age (Horace's Poetry)

Literature and History

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Augustus and the Poet's Dilemma

This chapter presents a humorous song where Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, hilariously urges poets to write an epic glorifying his achievements. Through witty exchanges and playful debates, it explores the absurdity of self-promotion in literature during the Augustan age.

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