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Horace 'The Epodes' and 'Carmen Saeculare': a new, downloadable English translation.
The youthful ardor and luxuriant imagery of the poem have made it a general favorite. 'Dean Berkeley used to apply the same description to Bermuda, and his scheme of going thither, and was so fond of the epode . . . that he got Mr. Pope to translate it into English' (Spence's Anecdotes).
The Epodes (Latin: Epodi or Epodon liber; also called Iambi) are a collection of iambic poems written by the Roman poet Horace. They were published in 30 BC and form part of his early work alongside the Satires .
Horace The Odes, Epodes, Satires, Epistles, Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare. A new complete downloadable English translation of the Odes and other poetry translations including Lorca, Petrarch, Propertius, and Mandelshtam.
Horace: Epodes. I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII. Ibis Liburnis inter alta navium, amice, propugnacula, paratus omne Caesaris periculum. subire, Maecenas, tuo: quid nos, quibus te vita sit superstite. iucunda, si contra, gravis? utrumne iussi persequemur otium. non dulce, ni tecum simul, an hunc laborem mente laturi, decet
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.
In his sixteenth Epode Horace laments that the Civil Wars are bringing about the destruction of Rome, a calamity which none of Rome's mighty enemies had been able to bring about.
