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I precetti di Ofello (Hor. sat. II 2)
2006-08-21T10:15:33Z
Abstract
Book 2 of Horace’s Sermones, and most specifically Sat. 2, has been particularly neglected by scholars. While the Satires of Book 1 have a mostly subjective, discursive or narrative character, those of Book 2 are dialogic and diatribic. Sat. 2 proves to be more than a collection of the current diatribic arguments; indeed, Horace here states his intellectual and emotional solidarity to the world and to the ethical virtues of the peasant Ofellus, who speaks with the dignity of a hero – not an epic hero, but an everyday hero.