Horace (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Pierre Corneille
- First Published: 1641
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: Rome
- Principal Characters: Horace, Sabine, Old Horace, Camille, Curiace, Valère, Julie, Tulle
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Soldiers, Patriotism, Italy or Italians, Greek or Roman times, Duels or dueling, Rome, Oracles, Neoclassicism
- Locales: Rome, ancient
The Story:
The cities of Rome and Alba were at war, although they had been united by ties of patriotism and blood, for Alba was the birthplace of the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. Sabine, the wife of Horace, was divided in her loyalties between the city of her birth, where her brothers still lived, and the city of her famous warrior-husband. The battle was to be decided by armed combat between three heroes from each side. Sabine drew little comfort from that resolution, for it meant the defeat either of her kinsman or of her husband. Camille, the betrothed of Curiace,...
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