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HERCVLIS RITV: CAESAR AS HERCULES IN CICERO'SPRO MARCELLO
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Cicero's praise of Caesar in thePro Marcelloof September 46b.c.e.has been much discussed for its sincerity or otherwise. Here I would like to point out some unobserved literary colour which may make some contribution to the argument, namely Cicero's subtle evocation of Hercules in describing the achievements of the victorious Caesar. Such an analogy is not unlikely in the context of Roman military image-making: Sulla in 78b.c.e.and Crassus and Pompey in 70b.c.e.had earlier encouraged connections with Hercules in analogous victorious contexts, and similar comparisons are later made between the foreign conquests of Augustus and those of Hercules in both Virgil (Aen.6.801) and Horace (Carm.3.14.1–4).
Title: HERCVLIS RITV: CAESAR AS HERCULES IN CICERO'SPRO MARCELLO
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Cicero's praise of Caesar in thePro Marcelloof September 46b.
c.
e.
has been much discussed for its sincerity or otherwise.
Here I would like to point out some unobserved literary colour which may make some contribution to the argument, namely Cicero's subtle evocation of Hercules in describing the achievements of the victorious Caesar.
Such an analogy is not unlikely in the context of Roman military image-making: Sulla in 78b.
c.
e.
and Crassus and Pompey in 70b.
c.
e.
had earlier encouraged connections with Hercules in analogous victorious contexts, and similar comparisons are later made between the foreign conquests of Augustus and those of Hercules in both Virgil (Aen.
6.
801) and Horace (Carm.
3.
14.
1–4).
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