Les Odes I, 36 et I, 25 d’Horace : des « poèmes modèles »

Abstract

Horace’s Odes I, 36 and I, 25 characterize themselves as exemplary ones. Indeed, each of them discloses a precise pattern with a striking completeness. The Ode I, 36 gathers the main features traditionally linked to the banquet scene and deals with its topic in an enunciative distance, turning this poem into a real art of poetry within the Horatian lyrical corpus. As far as the Ode I, 25 is concerned, it brings together the characteristics of the παρακλαυσι ´ θυρον motif while keeping a certain referential indetermination, as if Horace had wanted to offer a classic example away from any clear situation of communication. The study of these two poems demonstrates that Horace is eager to express poetical theory both through explicit developments and writing itself.