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Graecia Capta: Catullus and Philodemus

Posted on September 2, 2020May 20, 2022by Discentes

Catullus 85 and Philodemus AP 5.131
By Mati Davis

The famous saying by Horace, “Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit (In being conquered, Greece herself conquered her ferocious conqueror)” (Book II, epistle 1, lines 156-157), describes the way in which Greek art and culture seeped into Roman society and inspired Roman authors, artists, and architects…

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