Dell´art di mangiar bene
Horace, in his Satires and Epistles, gives ample space to everyday life’s characters and situations of first century Rome (a.C.). He integrates himself into an ancient tradition of gastronomy treaties in verse and documents the different typologies of daily roman meals: from frugal dishes (Sat. 2.2)...
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| Sumario: | Horace, in his Satires and Epistles, gives ample space to everyday life’s characters and situations of first century Rome (a.C.). He integrates himself into an ancient tradition of gastronomy treaties in verse and documents the different typologies of daily roman meals: from frugal dishes (Sat. 2.2), to more refined (Sat. 2.4) and even trimalchionic banquets (Sat. 2, 8), togheter with culinary habits of the countryside opposed to those of the city.
In this way, important varieties of different meals are described; especially the more copious -the cena- in a gradation from the simplest to the most complex. We are allowed then to know the horacian taste on this issue, consistent with his ideal of frugalitas and aurea mediocritas in others aspects of life. |
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