The complete Odes and Epodes / Horace ; translated with an introduction and notes by David West.
Horace (65-8 B.C.) is one of the most important and brilliant poets of the Augustan Age of Latin literature whose influence on European literature is unparalleled. Steeped in allusion to contemporary affairs, Horace's verse is best read in terms of his changing relationship to the public sphere. While the Odes are subtle and allusive, the Epodes are robust and coarse in their celebrations of sex and tirades against political leaders. This edition also includes the Secular Hymn and Suetonius's "Life of Horace." - Publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780199555277 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0199555273 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xxxiii, 200 p. ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2008]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- The life of Horace / Suetonius -- Translator's note -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- Chronological survey -- Epodes -- Odes, book 1 -- Odes, book 2 -- Odes, book 3 -- Secular hymn -- Odes, book 4 -- Explanatory notes -- Glossary. |
Language Note: | Translated from the Latin. |
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Subject: | Horace > Translations into English. Odes > Translations into English. Laudatory poetry, Latin > Translations into English. Verse satire, Latin > Translations into English. Rome > Poetry. |
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The Complete Odes and Epodes
David West is Professor Emeritus of Latin at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne & Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) was born in late 65 BC at Venusia in Apulia. He served on the staff of Brutus' army until the defeat at Philippi in 42 BC. On returning to Rome he found his father dead and his property confiscated but obtained a secretarial post in the treasury. His poetry impressed Virgil, who introduced him to the great patron Maecenas in 38 BC. From now on Horace had no financial worries and moved freely among the leading poets and statesmen of Rome; afterVirgil's death in 19 BC he was virtually Poet Laureate.