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Odes and Epodes of Horace
Horace
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Description for Odes and Epodes of Horace
Paperback. This volume collects the entirety of Horace's lyric poetry, comprising all 103 odes, the "Carmen Saeculare" and the earlier epodes. Translator(s): Clancy. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 267 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
The works of Horace have exerted strong and continuing influence on writers from his day to our own. Sophisticated and intellectual, witty and frank, he speaks to the cultivated and civilized world of today with the same astringent candor and sprightliness that appeared so fresh at the height of Rome's wealth and glory. These two volumes offer splendid translations of the entirety of Horace's poetic work. In 23 B.C.E., when he published the first three books of his lyrics, Horace was 42 years old, secure in the favor of the emperor Augustus, and living in ease and comfort as a ... Read more
The works of Horace have exerted strong and continuing influence on writers from his day to our own. Sophisticated and intellectual, witty and frank, he speaks to the cultivated and civilized world of today with the same astringent candor and sprightliness that appeared so fresh at the height of Rome's wealth and glory. These two volumes offer splendid translations of the entirety of Horace's poetic work. In 23 B.C.E., when he published the first three books of his lyrics, Horace was 42 years old, secure in the favor of the emperor Augustus, and living in ease and comfort as a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
University of Chicago Press Illinois
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
Series
Phoenix Books
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226106793
SKU
V9780226106793
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About Horace
Joseph P. Clancy is professor emeritus of English and theatre arts at Marymount Manhattan College. His poetry has appeared in such publications as New World Writing, Epoch, Commonweal, and Spirit.
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