Horace Odes and Epodes

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<p><b>Monumental verse.</b><br><br>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 <i>Odes </i>and <i>Epodes</i> boasts a faithful and fluid translation and reflects current scholarship.<br><br> 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 <i>Odes</i> cover a wide range of moods and topics. Some are public poems, upholding the traditional values of courage, loyalty, and piety; and there are hymns to the gods. But most of the <i>Odes</i> are on private themes: chiding or advising friends; speaking about love and amorous situations, often amusingly. Horace's seventeen <i>Epodes</i>, which he called <i>iambi</i>, were also an innovation for Roman literature. Like the <i>Odes</i> they were inspired by a Greek model: the seventh-century iambic poetry of Archilochus. Love and political concerns are frequent themes; the tone is only occasionally aggressive. "In his language he is triumphantly adventurous," Quintilian said of Horace; Niall Rudd's translation reflects his different voices.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780674996090

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

169 x 116 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Verlag / Hersteller

Harvard University Press