Constructing the Self through Imitation: Divine Aspiration and Supplantation in Darius, Augustus, and Horace

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Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Hong, Anya (creator); Pucci, Joseph (thesis advisor); Brown University. Classics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Horace; Darius I, King of Persia, 548 B.C.-485 B.C.; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Old Persian inscriptions; Achaemenian inscriptions; Iran--Bisutun Site; Res gestae divi Augusti (Augustus, Emperor of Rome); Carmina (Horace)
Language:: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/4e7e-a027

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Abstract:: Questions regarding immortality and death have been subjects of human inquiry for hundreds of years. The ancient Romans, influenced by Greek, Persian, and Egyptian predecessors and contemporaries, explored the intersection between divinity and mortality, reality and perception, and imitation and memory in monuments, temples, and poetic works. In my thesis, I examine these themes in Augustus’ Res Gestae and three selections from Horace’s Odes; I use Darius’ Behistun Inscription as a foil with which to examine both works, and enable more thorough interrogation of the themes.
Notes:: Senior thesis (AB)--Brown University, 2019; Concentration: Classics

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Hong, Anya, "Constructing the Self through Imitation: Divine Aspiration and Supplantation in Darius, Augustus, and Horace" (2019). Classics Theses and Dissertations. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/4e7e-a027

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