By far the lengthiest poem in Horace’s second collection, the bulky Sat. 2.3 is largely made up of this neophyte’s long-winded lecture, ascribed by Dama-sippus himself to his Stoic teacher Stertinius …
Soporific satire : Horace, Damasippus and Professor Snore ...
Jan 1, 2009 · Famously warned by a fortune-teller to steer clear of the talkative (Sat. 1.9.33-34), Horace presents himself in Sat. 2.3 as the victim of the verbose new Stoic convert Damasippus.
Horace (65 BC–8 BC) - The Satires: Book II Satire III
Horace 'The Satires' Book II Satire III: A new, downloadable English translation.
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One of Horace's slaves, making use of that freedom which was allowed them at the Saturnalia, rates his master in a droll and severe manner. A smart description of a miser ridiculously acting the extravagant.
Soporific Satire: Horace, Damasippus and Professor Snore ...
Jan 1, 2009 · Soporific Satire: Horace, Damasippus and Professor Snore (Stertinius) in Satire 2.3.
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Horace makes Damasippus seem a little crazy in his defense of the Stoic doctrine, pobably on purpose because Horace tends to side more with the Epicurean belief than the Stoic belief.
SOPORIFIC SATIRE: HORACE, DAMASIPPUS AND PROFESSOR
Famously warned by a fortune-teller to steer clear of the talkative (Sat. 1.9.33-34), Horace presents himself in Sat. 2.3 as the victim of the verbose new Stoic convert Damasippus.