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Stans pede in uno (Horace S. 1.4.10)

Stans pede in uno (Horace S. 1.4.10) 272 Miscellanea / V. Hunink, D. van den Broek / Mnemosyne 63 (2010) 272-275 Stans pede in uno (Horace S . 1.4.10) In the fourth of his fi rst book of Satires , Horace passes some strong criticism on his predecessor Lucilius, the traditional inventor of the genre of satire in Rome. Not only does Lucilius largely depend on the Greek poets of the Old Comedy, Horace argues, but his method of composition is anything but perfect. Having stated that Lucilius is durus componere uersus ‘rough in writing verse’ (1.4.8), Hor- ace explains that the older poet simply wrote too much: nam fuit hoc uitiosus: in hora saepe ducentos, ut magnum, uersus dictabat stans pede in uno; 10 cum fl ueret lutulentus, erat quod tollere uelles. Th ese lines are traditionally interpreted as an instance of relatively mild literary criticism. With some exaggeration, Horace estimates Lucilius’ poetical output at two hundred lines per hour and compares the older poet to a muddy river which carries much that seems superfl uous. 1) Th e comparison of a poet or his poetry to a river seems fairly common in Hel- lenistic and later literature. 2) For the expression stans pede http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mnemosyne Brill

Stans pede in uno (Horace S. 1.4.10)

van den Broek, Dennis; Hunink, Vincent
Mnemosyne , Volume 63 (2): 272 – Jan 1, 2010
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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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272 Miscellanea / V. Hunink, D. van den Broek / Mnemosyne 63 (2010) 272-275 Stans pede in uno (Horace S . 1.4.10) In the fourth of his fi rst book of Satires , Horace passes some strong criticism on his predecessor Lucilius, the traditional inventor of the genre of satire in Rome. Not only does Lucilius largely depend on the Greek poets of the Old Comedy, Horace argues, but his method of composition is anything but perfect. Having stated that Lucilius is durus componere uersus ‘rough in writing verse’ (1.4.8), Hor- ace explains that the older poet simply wrote too much: nam fuit hoc uitiosus: in hora saepe ducentos, ut magnum, uersus dictabat stans pede in uno; 10 cum fl ueret lutulentus, erat quod tollere uelles. Th ese lines are traditionally interpreted as an instance of relatively mild literary criticism. With some exaggeration, Horace estimates Lucilius’ poetical output at two hundred lines per hour and compares the older poet to a muddy river which carries much that seems superfl uous. 1) Th e comparison of a poet or his poetry to a river seems fairly common in Hel- lenistic and later literature. 2) For the expression stans pede

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Published: Jan 1, 2010

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