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Horace 'The Epodes' and 'Carmen Saeculare': a new, downloadable English translation.
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.
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’s Epodes rank among the most undervalued texts of the early Roman principate. Abrasive in style and riddled with apparent inconsistencies, the Epodes have divided critics from the outset—infuriating and delighting them in equal measure.
1 mar 2016 · This chapter focuses on Horace’s portrayal of Hannibal and prodigia in the Epodes and Odes. It argues that the Carthaginian’s presence in Epode 16 and Ode 4.4, among other parallels between the two poems, suggests that Horace is looking back from the vantage point of Ode 4.4 and re-evaluating his earlier poetic endeavours.
Horace situates his Epodes as the successor to the Archaic tradition of iambic poetry and its reception. The assessment of the collection at Epistles 1.19 (previously cited) indicates a conscientiousness of the genre’s remoteness.
