See, this is why we should do a Classics salon someday (years from now)--we'll have alchemy while I cover the Greeks and you cover the Romans!
Maecenas: a reminder that Goethe in his late life poem for Carl August puns on Carl August's name and the traditional European Maecenas reference
Oh, right, I remember that now! Like cahn, I benefit from reminders from time to time. :)
I don't know when Fritz started to discover Horace for himself (in French translation, of course), but Horace as far as I know was a later day favourite, and it might have been through Manteuffel at that.
The earliest Fritz-Horace connection I can think of off the top of my head is that ceiling Pesne painted at Rheinsberg, which, as a reminder to people who need it, had the names "Voltaire" and "Horace" painted on the pages of an open book. And that's after Fritz had gotten to know Manteuffel, so yes, could have been his influence at work there.
Re: Maecenas
Maecenas: a reminder that Goethe in his late life poem for Carl August puns on Carl August's name and the traditional European Maecenas reference
Oh, right, I remember that now! Like
I don't know when Fritz started to discover Horace for himself (in French translation, of course), but Horace as far as I know was a later day favourite, and it might have been through Manteuffel at that.
The earliest Fritz-Horace connection I can think of off the top of my head is that ceiling Pesne painted at Rheinsberg, which, as a reminder to people who need it, had the names "Voltaire" and "Horace" painted on the pages of an open book. And that's after Fritz had gotten to know Manteuffel, so yes, could have been his influence at work there.