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1 sty 2006 · Through his poems, Horace expresses deep personal insights while engaging with broader societal themes, using rich imagery and sophisticated language. The beginning of the collection presents various themes through a series of Odes that examine the ideals of beauty, love, and the human experience.
Horace 'The Epodes' and 'Carmen Saeculare': a new, downloadable English translation.
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.
11 lis 2004 · THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE. ODE I. TO MAECENAS. Maecenas, descended from royal ancestors, O both my protection and my darling honor! There are those whom it delights to have collected Olympic dust in the chariot race; and [whom] the goal nicely avoided by the glowing wheels, and the noble palm, exalts, lords of the earth, to the gods.
II. 'Beatus ille qui procul negotiis, ut prisca gens mortalium, paterna rura bubus exercet suis.
A new, unexpurgated English translation of Horace’s Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare. Horace’s The Epodes is a collection of 17 poems utilising a variety of metres that were largely influenced by the Greek poet Archilochus.
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.
