Odes and epodes

by Horatius Flaccus, Quintus

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The poetry of Horace (born 65 BCE) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the great Roman poet's Odes and Epodes, a fluid translation facing the Latin text. 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 con…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Odes and epodes / Horace ; edited and translated by Niall Rudd.

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The poetry of Horace (born 65 BCE) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the great Roman poet's Odes and Epodes, a fluid translation facing the Latin text. 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 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 odes are on private themes: chiding or advising friends; speaking about love and amorous situations, often amusingly. Horace's seventeen epodes, which he called iambi, were also an innovation for Roman literature. Like the odes they were inspired by a Greek model: the seventh-century iambic poetry of Archilochus. Love and political concerns are frequent themes; here the tone is generally that of satirical lampoons. "In his language he is triumphantly adventurous," Quintilian said of Horace; this new translation reflects his different voices.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.
  • Edition:Repr. with corr

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Notes

"First published 2004. Revised and reprinted 2012"--Title page verso.

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  • Description:1 online resource (PDF (ix, 350 s.)).

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:on1001656544
  • Dewey Decimal:874.01

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Antiken Horace Latin poetry Laudatory poetry, Latin -- Translations… Poesi Rome -- Poetry Verk före 1800 Verse satire, Latin -- Translations int…

Writers

Horatius Flaccus, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Quintus Rudd, Niall

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