Submitted by Cássia Santos (cassia.bcufg@gmail.com) on 2015-04-27T13:17:53Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Rodrigo Santos Monteiro Oliveira - 2014.pdf: 1601856 bytes, checksum: a96584998a5b5b98a78aafad14e7b67b (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2015-04-28T12:15:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Rodrigo Santos Monteiro Oliveira - 2014.pdf: 1601856 bytes, checksum: a96584998a5b5b98a78aafad14e7b67b (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-28T12:15:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Rodrigo Santos Monteiro Oliveira - 2014.pdf: 1601856 bytes, checksum: a96584998a5b5b98a78aafad14e7b67b (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Marco Manílio, writer of the first century of our era, structure, from his work Astronômicas, the universe. Your manual, that showing concepts and themes that we currently divide between astrology and astronomy, bring us an organizacional comprehension of the heavenly bodies, beyond an explanation about the relationship between them. This relations not only cover the portion that we understand as Heaven, but also influence in the elaboration and action of the earthly life, or, in other words, stars and humans are interconnected by an infinite relation web. In that case, we understand this work from some key points: 1- the structure of Manílio’s work, his public and the knowledge gained; 2- the comprehension about stoic philosophy (or, an approximation of what it was), in seeking to understand the choice of your utilization and, 3- the understanding of the Manílio’s time, the Empire of Otávio Augusto. This division was made in order to make this dissertation intelligible for those who have the intention of studying this period – already too much discussed – from a new look. The manilian astrology, confirmed by the utilisation of the Stoicism, explains this roman world of the first century with an intention of establish a conquest harmony for those who crossed a period of destabilization marked by constants Civil Wars. / Marco Manílio, escritor do I século d.C., estrutura, a partir de sua obra intitulada Astronômicas, o universo. Seu manual, que aborda conceitos e temas que atualmente dividimos entre astrologia e astronomia, nos traz uma compreensão organizacional dos corpos celestes, além de uma explanação acerca das relações existentes entre eles. Tais relações não abrangem somente a porção que compreendemos como Céu, mas também influenciam na elaboração e ação da vida terrena, ou seja, astros e homens estão interligados por uma teia de relações infinitas. Sendo assim, visamos entender a obra maniliana a partir de alguns pontos-chave: 1- a estrutura da obra, seu público e o conhecimento apreendido; 2- a compreensão da filosofia estóica (ou uma tentativa de aproximação do que isto seria), na busca de entendermos o porquê de sua utilização e; 3- o entendimento do período no qual Manílio estava inserido, o Principado de Otávio Augusto. Esta divisão foi feita a fim de tornar o trabalho inteligível àqueles que possuem a intenção de estudar um período – já tão discutido – a partir de um novo olhar. A astrologia maniliana, confirmada pela utilização do Estoicismo, explica este mundo romano do século I com uma intenção de estabelecer uma harmonia quista por aqueles que atravessavam um período de desestabilidade marcado pelas constantes Guerras Civis.

Vergil’s Georgics was published in 29 BCE, at a critical point in the political life of Octavian-Augustus. Although his position at the head of state had been confirmed by victory at Actium in 31, his longevity was threatened by his reputation for causing bloodshed during the civil wars. This thesis argues that Vergil, in the Georgics, presents a defence of Octavian against criticism of his past, in order to safeguard his future, and the future of Rome. Through a complex of metaphor and allusion, Vergil engages with the weaknesses in Octavian’s public image in order to diminish their damaging impact. Chapter One examines the way in which the poet invokes and complements the literary tradition of portraying young men as destructive, amorous creatures, through his depiction of iuvenes in the Georgics, in order to emphasise the inevitability of youthful misbehaviour. Since Octavian is still explicitly a iuvenis, he cannot be held accountable for his actions up to this point, including his role in the civil wars. The focus of Chapters Two and Three of this thesis is Vergil’s presentation of the spring season in the Georgics. Vergil’s preoccupation with spring is unorthodox in the context of agricultural didactic; under the influence of the Lucretian figure of Venus, Vergil moulds spring into a symbol of universal creation in nature, a metaphor for a projected revival of Roman affairs under Octavian’s leadership which would subsequently dominate the visual art of the Augustan period. Vergil’s spring is as concerned with the past as it is the future. Vergil stresses the fact that destructive activity can take place in spring, in the form of storms and animal violence; the farmer’s spring labor is characterised as a war against nature, which culminates in the horrific slaughter of oxen demanded by bugonia. In each case destruction is revealed as a necessary prerequisite for some form of creation: animal reproduction, increased crop yield, a renewed population of bees. Thus, the spring creation of a new Rome under Octavian will come as a direct result of the bloodshed of the civil wars, a cataclysm whose horrors are not denied, but whose outcome will ultimately be positive. Octavian is assimilated to Jupiter in his Stoic guise: a providential figure who sends fire and flood to Earth in order to improve mankind.