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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.
Statius paid homage to Horace by composing one poem in Sapphic and one in Alcaic meter (the verse forms most often associated with Odes), which he included in his collection of occasional poems, Silvae.
One of Horace’s most important departures from his Greek models was to fix the position of the caesura in each metrical form. The list of templates is divided into two parts: (1) the five Asclepiadic meters, with their official names, and then (2) the Sapphic and Alcaic stanzas.
Horace honors the courage and exploits of Tiberius, the elder son of the empress Livia, on his victories over the tribes of the Raetian Alps. He then praises Augustus, whom he extols as the glory of the war, the defense of Roman and Italy, and as the undisputed ruler of the world.
It is a simple stanza form in which all stanzas use the same pattern, chosen by the poet. The form is named for the first century BC poet Horace. It comes from the Latin tradition of the Aeolic ode and is written with the intention of crafting a calm and contemplative tone .
Horace 'The Epodes' and 'Carmen Saeculare': a new, downloadable English translation.
4 paź 2024 · Horace (born December 65 bc, Venusia, Italy—died Nov. 27, 8 bc, Rome) was an outstanding Latin lyric poet and satirist under the emperor Augustus. The most frequent themes of his Odes and verse Epistles are love, friendship, philosophy, and the art of poetry.
