Odes and Epodes 0674996097, 9780674996090

The poetry of Horace (born 65 BCE) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rur

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Latin, English Pages 368 Year 2004

Odes and Epodes
0674996097, 9780674996090

The writings of Horace have exerted strong and continuing influence on writers from his day to our own. Sophisticated an

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Horace's book of Epodes consists of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the meter traditionally as

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Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BCE) was "by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration

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This book analyzes the different use of lyric and narrative in Horace's Odes. On the formal level, numerous odes co

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Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BCE) was "by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration

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'What Pindar catches is the joy beyond ordinary emotions as it transcends and transforms them' —C. M. Bowra A

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"Horace's body of lyric poetry, the Odes, is one of the greatest achievements of Latin literature and a founda

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One of the most celebrated poets of the classical world, Pindar wrote odes for athletes that provide a unique perspectiv

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A compelling discussion of the origins and authorship of the Odes of Solomon, this work provides great insight into the

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One of the most celebrated poets of the classical world, Pindar wrote odes for athletes that provide a unique perspectiv

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