Satires
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Satires is a collection of poetic works by the Roman poet Horace that humorously critiques social norms, human folly, and everyday life in Augustan Rome.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horatian satire | 1 |
| Satire 1.1 | 1 |
| Satire 1.4 | 1 |
| Satire 1.6 | 1 |
| Satire 2.6 | 1 |
| Satires canonical | 1 |
| Satires Book 2 | 1 |
| Satires by Horace | 1 |
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Target entity: Satires Context triple: [Horatius, notableWork, Satires]
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A.
The Dunciad
The Dunciad is Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-epic poem that attacks the spread of mediocrity and cultural decline in early 18th-century Britain.
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B.
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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C.
Mad magazine
Mad magazine is a long-running American humor and satire publication known for its parodies of popular culture, politics, and entertainment.
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D.
The Harvard Lampoon
The Harvard Lampoon is a long-running, student-run humor magazine at Harvard University known for its satirical writing and influential comedic alumni.
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E.
A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub is a satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift that critiques religious excesses and literary pretension through an allegorical tale of three brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Satires Target entity description: Satires is a collection of poetic works by the Roman poet Horace that humorously critiques social norms, human folly, and everyday life in Augustan Rome.
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A.
The Dunciad
The Dunciad is Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-epic poem that attacks the spread of mediocrity and cultural decline in early 18th-century Britain.
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B.
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is a satirical prose work collaboratively written by members of the early 18th-century Scriblerus Club, including Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, parodying pedantry and false learning through the fictional scholar Martinus Scriblerus.
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C.
Mad magazine
Mad magazine is a long-running American humor and satire publication known for its parodies of popular culture, politics, and entertainment.
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D.
The Harvard Lampoon
The Harvard Lampoon is a long-running, student-run humor magazine at Harvard University known for its satirical writing and influential comedic alumni.
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E.
A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub is a satirical prose work by Jonathan Swift that critiques religious excesses and literary pretension through an allegorical tale of three brothers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literature work
ⓘ
didactic poem ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sermones ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | c. 35–30 BC ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Maecenas ⓘ |
| author | Horace ⓘ |
| contains |
Satires of Horace
ⓘ
surface form:
Satires Book 1
Satires self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Satires Book 2
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
|
| firstBookDateOfPublication | c. 35 BC ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Epodes
ⓘ
Odes ⓘ |
| genre | satire ⓘ |
| hasNotableSatire |
Satires
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Satire 1.1
Satire 1.3 ⓘ Satires self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Satire 1.4
Satires self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Satire 1.6
Satires self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Satire 2.6
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| influenced |
Juvenal
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Persius ⓘ Roman verse satire tradition ⓘ |
| languageRegister | colloquial Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter poetry ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence |
Attic Old Comedy
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surface form:
Greek Old Comedy
Lucilius ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Augustan literature
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surface form:
Augustan poetry
|
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Horace’s poetic corpus ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Epicureanism
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Stoicism ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | extant ⓘ |
| secondBookDateOfPublication | c. 30 BC ⓘ |
| setting | Rome ⓘ |
| style |
conversational tone
ⓘ
moralizing humor ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
everyday life in Rome
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human folly ⓘ social norms in Roman society ⓘ |
| theme |
contentment with simple life
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critique of ambition ⓘ critique of greed ⓘ friendship ⓘ moderation ⓘ patronage relationships ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Augustan age ⓘ |
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