Horace: The Poet Who Coined Carpe Diem & Much More

Horace: The Poet Who Coined Carpe Diem & Much More

This conversation takes you through the power of words created by poets from the past. Join AARP CT and attendees from across the U.S. for a FREE virtual event on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. ET - AARP membership not required

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Join us as we welcome Dr. Gilbert L. Gigliotti, professor of English and Latin at Central Connecticut State University, CT’s first Age-friendly University. This conversation trio takes you through the power of words created by poets from the past. Wheatley, Bradstreet and Horace capture how communities, societies and experiences were lived by the very people who made up our worlds in the times of Roman Emperors to the challenges faced in the 18th century during times of slavery and inequality.

Break open a Falernian beverage; it is Horace’s Birthday! To celebrate, we’ll examine how the works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BCE – November 27, 8 BCE), the son-of-a-freedman, earned him a spot in the inner circle of Roman Emperor Augustus. Influenced by earlier poets, Horace’s own influence has been “more lasting than bronze,” as he had predicted, since two different literary genres bear his name: the Horatian ode and the Horatian satire.

Gilbert L. Gigliotti is a professor of English and Latin at Central Connecticut State University and, for more than 25 years, the host of "Frank, Gil, and Friends" Tuesday mornings on WFCS 107.7 FM. He earned his PhD in comparative literature at The Catholic University of America. His books and courses on Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, and pop music belie his more traditional academic interests in American Puritan poetry, the Connecticut Wits, and the literatures of ancient Greece and Rome.