title: The Falernian Picnic (Hor. Carm. 2, 3)
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metadata.value: Egorova, Sofia
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metadata.value: 2022-02-18T16:31:11Z
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metadata.value: 2022-02-18T16:31:11Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-12
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metadata.value: Sofia Egorova. The Falernian Picnic (Hor. Carm. 2, 3). Philologia Classica 2021, 16 (2), 228–233.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2021.205
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/35170
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metadata.value: This article deals with the structure of Horace’s Carm. 2, 3, in which the poet advises Dellius
  to cultivate calm and goes on to describe a luxurious picnic. Whereas other commentators
  since antiquity have connected Falernian wine with an anecdote of Quintus Dellius (Plut. Ant.
  59, 4: “For he had offended Cleopatra at supper by saying that while sour wine was served to
  them, Sarmentus, at Rome, was drinking Falernian. Now, Sarmentus was one of the youthful
  favourites of Caesar, such as the Romans call deliciae.” [Tr. B. Perrin]), this article seeks another
  reason why this particular kind of wine should be mentioned here. The phrase interiore
  nota Falerni in verse 8 probably indicates that the wine chosen for the picnic was not only
  of good origin, but also a vintage one, and this trait of Dellius can be viewed as an extreme
  desire to pursue the joie de vivre: he not only goes for a picnic (which would be a moderate
  way of spending holidays, see e. g., Cic. Off. 3, 58), but he chooses the Falernian for it, and —
  moreover — the aged one. Thus, the poem to Dellius is contrasted to other well-known poems
  from Book 2, namely Carm. 2, 14 (to Postumus, who will not enjoy his rare wine himself) and
  Carm. 2, 10, where the famous ideal of aurea mediocritas is expressed.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 16; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: aurea mediocritas
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Carm. 2, 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Dellius
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Horace
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metadata.value: nota
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: pittacium
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metadata.value: The Falernian Picnic (Hor. Carm. 2, 3)
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metadata.value: Article
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