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Odes and Epodes

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Description for Odes and Epodes Hardcover. The poetry of Horace (born 65 B.C.) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic Epicurean and thought. This translation offers the Latin text with English translation on facing pages. Editor(s): Rudd, Niall. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 114 x 19. Weight in Grams: 274.

Monumental verse.

The poetry of Horace (born 65 BC) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the great Roman poet’s Odes and Epodes boasts a faithful and fluid translation and reflects current scholarship.

Horace took pride in being the first Roman to write a body of lyric poetry. For models he turned to Greek lyric, especially to the poetry of Alcaeus, Sappho, and Pindar; but his poems are set in a Roman context. His four books of Odes cover ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Series
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674996090
SKU
V9780674996090
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Horace
Niall Rudd (1927–2015) was Professor of Latin, University of Bristol.

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