Odes and epodes / Horace ; edited and translated by Niall Rudd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horace.

Contributor:

Rudd, Niall.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 33.

The Loeb classical library ; 33

Standardized Title:

Carmina. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Horace--Translations into English.

Horace.

Laudatory poetry, Latin--Translations into English.

Laudatory poetry, Latin.

Verse satire, Latin--Translations into English.

Verse satire, Latin.

Rome--Poetry.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

ix, 350 pages ; 17 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.

Summary:

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. This new Loeb Classical Library edition of the great Roman poet's Odes and Epodes boasts a faithful and fluid translation and reflects current scholarship. Horace took pride in being the first Roman to write a body of lyric poetry. For models he turned to Greek lyric, especially to the poetry of Alcaeus, Sappho, and Pindar; but his poems are set in a Roman context. His four books of odes cover a wide range of moods and topics. Some are public poems, upholding the traditional values of courage, loyalty, and piety; and there are hymns to the gods. But most of the odes are on private themes: chiding or advising friends; speaking about love and amorous situations, often amusingly. Horace's seventeen epodes, which he called iambi, were also an innovation for Roman literature. Like the odes they were inspired by a Greek model: the seventh century iambic poetry of Archilochus. Love and political concerns are frequent themes; the tone is only occasionally aggressive. "In his language he is triumphantly adventurous," Quintilian said of Horace; Niall Rudd's new translation reflects his different voices.

Contents:

Metres 12

Odes

Hymn for a New Age 262

Epodes 270.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-19) and indexes.

ISBN:

0674996097

OCLC:

53144562