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Apollo as Vindex and Ultor during the Augustan Age: New Perspectives

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Piccioni A.

Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina

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2016

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vol. 52

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issue 1-2

423–443

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Iam Fides et Pax et Honor Pudorque / priscus et neglecta redire Virtus / audet apparetque beata pleno / copia cornu recites the Carmen Saeculare (lines 57–60). This is the beginning of a new Golden Age, of the Aurea aetas (OV. Met. I,89). Augustus himself writes that he brought peace to the Res Publica (RG 25,1–2; 26,2–3). It is however meaningful that he dedicated a cult to Mars Ultor and adopted Apollo, the god of revenge par excellence, as his personal protector. On the basis of diverse archaeological evidence connected to the literary sources, the present paper aims to point out the function of “Apollo the avenger”in Augustan politics as an element for establishing, justifying and guaranteeing (vindicare) the power of the princeps, as well as the actions of the young Octavian.Even the link to ultio, private revenge, was not denied. Surely the epithet Ultor for Mars recalls the private function of revenge against the Caesaricides, but Apollo seems to have embodied the public role of guarantor (vindex) for the entire Res Publica, a role that Augustus also wished to take up. The very concept of pax Augusta is based upon revenge. It contains a warning to internal and external enemies, simultaneously making Augustus guarantor of the State and enabling him to take vengeance on his personal enemies. This subtle threat, which is concentrated in the fi gure of Apollo, a personifi cation of the princeps himself, seems to have been one of the main features of the Augustan regime.

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Apollo in the Aeneid

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Fratantuono L.

Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina

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2017

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vol. 53

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issue 1-2

169-198

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The appearances of the god Apollo in Virgil’s Aeneid have been studied with profit as individual episodes, but rarely with attention to the progress of the poet’s employment of the god in his narrative. This paper endeavors to examine all the references to Apollo in the poem, with a view to demonstrating that the god who presided over Octavian’s victory at Actium is employed by Virgil as a key figure in his account of how Rome will ultimately be Italian and not Trojan in culture and mores.

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The Mouse’s Long and Sad Tale: Lewis Carroll’s Tricky Use of Aeschylus and Other Greek Sources

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Soto F. J.

Libri & Liberi

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2015

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vol. Vol 4

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issue 4.2

291-311

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In this paper I set out to provide a close reading of Carroll’s “The Mouse’s Tale” with special focus on parts of the Greek mythologicodramatic tradition. I argue that Carroll’s poem about a trial involving Fury and a Mouse can be traced to two ancient counterparts who partook in the most famous trial in the Greek mythological tradition: the Furies and Apollo.

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Cilj je rada ponuditi pomno čitanje Carrollove „Mišje priče“, pri čemu se posebna pozornost posvećuje grčkoj mitološko-dramskoj tradiciji. Čitanje polazi od pretpostavke da su sudionici najpoznatijega suđenja antičke grčkomitološke tradicije, Furije i Apolon, preteče likova Furije i Miša koji sudjeluju u suđenju opisanome u Carrollovoj stihovanoj priči.

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Im Beitrag wird Carrolls „Mausgeschichte“ textnah gelesen, wobei diesbezüglich der Tradition der altgriechischen Mythologie bzw. deren Dramenproduktion besondere Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet wird. Eine solche Lesart geht von der Annahme aus, dass die Teilnehmer an dem bekanntesten Gerichtsfall aus der antiken griechisch-mythologischen Tradition, die Furien und Apollon, Vorbilder für die Gestalten der Furie und der Maus abgeben, die dann an dem in Carrolls Versgeschichte beschriebenen Gerichtsprozess teilnehmen.

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Apollo as Vindex and Ultor during the Augustan Age: New Perspectives

Apollo in the Aeneid

The Mouse’s Long and Sad Tale: Lewis Carroll’s Tricky Use of Aeschylus and Other Greek Sources