TRIUMPH IN OVID : BETWEEN LITERARY TRADITION AND AUGUSTAN PROPAGANDA * The Roman triumph is treated by the Augustan poets from a literary and political perspective . Ovid in particular gives it original and ambiguous features . The topic is often presented as the prediction of a triumph , a point of view perhaps inherited from Gallus . Propertius innovates from the Gallan original , and Ovid uses Propertius ' treatment for further inno- vations . In his exile poetry , Ovid makes further substantial changes to the use of the triumph , which raises pointed questions as to the poet ' s sincer- ity in his apparent praise of Augustus and Tiberius . Keywords : triumph , Ovid , Gallus , propaganda , irony Recent scholarship on the Roman triumph has highlighted some previ- ously ignored or overlooked aspects of this institution , which is today no longer viewed only as the solemn celebration of a victory , with a clear propagandist and political agenda , but also as a complex and multifaceted ceremony , open to multiple readings and interpretations . 1 Especially emphasized has been the importance of the visual aspect of the triumph , often as a means of obscuring or distorting the real fea- tures of the historical event , in order to emphasize and control the mes- sage to be perceived by the spectators . Prominence has been given to the various ways in which the spectacle could be choreographed : so , for example , the defeated prisoners , often main protagonists in the his- torical events , could become the focus of the ceremony ; 2 or other aspects could be particularly emphasized by the visual arrangements . Due to this abundance of perspectives , the opportunity of multiple representations , and a changing , elusive , and illusory reality , the triumph inevitably struck the imagination of the Augustan poets ; Ovid , in particu- lar , who made illusion , mutability , and the play between appearance and reality the cornerstones of his poetry , treats the triumph theme most often and most variously . Given the public and of fi cial nature of the triumph , to do so was to put himself in a delicate relationship with crucial aspects of the current ideology . At the same time as Augustus â�� reread ' Republican institutions and customs , with the triumph undergoing sub- stantial restrictions and taking on an aspect which was wholly focused on the dynasty in power , 3 the poets explored its different facets , taking it as a discrimen between public and private life , in an analysis which the new political situation made more urgent than ever . 4 The treatment of the triumph in Augustan poetry takes two direc- tions : the description of the ceremony can afford the opportunity for the poet to express involvement in or detachment from public affairs , or â�� and this is a more original approach to the subject â�� the triumph may be used as a metaphor for poetic glory , with the authors appropri- ating the theme to enhance their own works . In this perspective , Virgil describes himself leading Hesiod ' s Muses down in triumph from Helicon to Latium in Georgics 3 . 8 â�� 11 , and Horace uses the language of the triumph to enhance his lyric works in the σ w ραγίÏ� ( â�� seal ' ) of Carm . 3 . 30 . But the triumph can also be deployed as a symbol of Augustus ' glory and a synthesis of the values he represents , as in

Barchiesi, A and Itgenshorst, T and Beard, M and Triumph, The Roman and Itgenshorst, T and Pausch, D and Lange, C and Goldbeck, F (2022) TRIUMPH IN OVID : BETWEEN LITERARY TRADITION AND AUGUSTAN PROPAGANDA * The Roman triumph is treated by the Augustan poets from a literary and political perspective . Ovid in particular gives it original and ambiguous features . The topic is often presented as the prediction of a triumph , a point of view perhaps inherited from Gallus . Propertius innovates from the Gallan original , and Ovid uses Propertius ' treatment for further inno- vations . In his exile poetry , Ovid makes further substantial changes to the use of the triumph , which raises pointed questions as to the poet ' s sincer- ity in his apparent praise of Augustus and Tiberius . Keywords : triumph , Ovid , Gallus , propaganda , irony Recent scholarship on the Roman triumph has highlighted some previ- ously ignored or overlooked aspects of this institution , which is today no longer viewed only as the solemn celebration of a victory , with a clear propagandist and political agenda , but also as a complex and multifaceted ceremony , open to multiple readings and interpretations . 1 Especially emphasized has been the importance of the visual aspect of the triumph , often as a means of obscuring or distorting the real fea- tures of the historical event , in order to emphasize and control the mes- sage to be perceived by the spectators . Prominence has been given to the various ways in which the spectacle could be choreographed : so , for example , the defeated prisoners , often main protagonists in the his- torical events , could become the focus of the ceremony ; 2 or other aspects could be particularly emphasized by the visual arrangements . Due to this abundance of perspectives , the opportunity of multiple representations , and a changing , elusive , and illusory reality , the triumph inevitably struck the imagination of the Augustan poets ; Ovid , in particu- lar , who made illusion , mutability , and the play between appearance and reality the cornerstones of his poetry , treats the triumph theme most often and most variously . Given the public and of fi cial nature of the triumph , to do so was to put himself in a delicate relationship with crucial aspects of the current ideology . At the same time as Augustus â�� reread ' Republican institutions and customs , with the triumph undergoing sub- stantial restrictions and taking on an aspect which was wholly focused on the dynasty in power , 3 the poets explored its different facets , taking it as a discrimen between public and private life , in an analysis which the new political situation made more urgent than ever . 4 The treatment of the triumph in Augustan poetry takes two direc- tions : the description of the ceremony can afford the opportunity for the poet to express involvement in or detachment from public affairs , or â�� and this is a more original approach to the subject â�� the triumph may be used as a metaphor for poetic glory , with the authors appropri- ating the theme to enhance their own works . In this perspective , Virgil describes himself leading Hesiod ' s Muses down in triumph from Helicon to Latium in Georgics 3 . 8 â�� 11 , and Horace uses the language of the triumph to enhance his lyric works in the σ w ραγίÏ� ( â�� seal ' ) of Carm . 3 . 30 . But the triumph can also be deployed as a symbol of Augustus ' glory and a synthesis of the values he represents , as in. pp. 203-224.

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