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The Poetic Logic of Sea Imagery in Horace's Odes

Panel: 
"Would That Never" I: Ships, Shipwrecks, and Sea Travel in Classical Literature
Abstract: 

There exists in the Odes a system of sea imagery that is inextricably linked to madness and emotional instability. The love triangle between man, woman and crowd in Horace’s Odes is set against and built upon the very Roman poetic tradition of stormy, unstable sea-crowd metaphors.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Adrienne
Last Name: 
Aranita
Institution: 
Bryn Mawr College