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Horace 'The Epodes' and 'Carmen Saeculare': a new, downloadable English translation.
The 17 poems of the Epodes cover a variety of topics, including politics, magic, eroticism and food. A product of the turbulent final years of the Roman Republic, the collection is known for its striking depiction of Rome's socio-political ills in a time of great upheaval.
Horace’s Epodes: Context, Intertexts, and Reception, ed. Philippa Bather and Claire Stocks. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, xiv + 279 pp., ISBN 978-0-19-874605-8. £70 (hardback)
Horace fully exploited the metrical possibilities offered to him by Greek lyric verse. I have followed the original Latin metre in all cases, giving a reasonably close English version of Horace’s strict forms. Rhythm not rhyme is the essence.
Odes 1.1, also known by its incipit, Maecenas atavis edite regibus, is the first of the Odes of Horace. [1] This ode forms the prologue to the three books of lyrics published by Horace in 23 BC and is a dedication to the poet's friend and patron, Maecenas. [2]
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.
Abstract. A poetic monument for the ages. 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.
