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  2. Satires (Horace) - Wikipedia

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    Satire 2.1, Sunt quibus in satira ("There are those to whom I seem too harsh in satire") Horace, who is anxious his satires are making him unpopular, pretends to consult the famous jurist Gaius Trebatius Testa , who advises him to give up writing, or else to write an epic poem in honour of Augustus.

  3. Satires 2.5 (Horace) - Wikipedia

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    Horace diverges from classical portrayals of Ulysses in this satire. Ulysses is a heroic Greek protagonist, but in this poem he eschews the importance of noble bearing in favor of temporal riches. Michael Roberts writes that “the theme of perversion of human values runs throughout the satire,” [ 9 ] and this is especially relevant to the ...

  4. Horace - Wikipedia

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    Satires 1.5, for example, recounts in detail a real trip Horace made with Virgil and some of his other literary friends, and which parallels a Satire by Lucilius, his predecessor. [66] Unlike much Hellenistic-inspired literature, however, his poetry was not composed for a small coterie of admirers and fellow poets, nor does it rely on abstruse ...

  5. List of writing genres - Wikipedia

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    Satire: usually fiction and less frequently in non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [4] Horatian; Juvenalian; Menippean; Social and political fiction. Libertarian sci-fi; Social sci-fi ...

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  7. Chrissy Teigen ‘Very Scared’ as She Evacuates Home ... - AOL

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    Chrissy Teigen is evacuating her L.A. home.. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, the model and author, 39, revealed that her family and pets had left their home amid the Los Angeles fires.. Sharing a mirror ...

  8. Directions to Servants - Wikipedia

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    A 2015 review of Les Editions de Londres suggests that the light-hearted Directions to Servants is more of a Horatian than Juvenalian satire. Swift goes beyond simple parody or satire: by providing the servants with advice that verges on the absurd he deconstructs and amusingly reveals the absurdities of the Eighteenth-century English social system.

  9. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Saturday, January 11

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    These events/activities are related to a global athletic competition (hint: it takes place every four years). 4. All of these words precede a common five-letter noun.