The Complete Odes and Epodes (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Horace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019283942X ISBN 13: 9780192839428

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Horace (65-8 B.C.) is one of the most important and brilliant poets of the Augustan Age of Latin literature whose influence on European literature is unparalleled. Steeped in allusion to contemporary affairs, Horace's verse is best read in terms of his changing relationship to the public sphere. While the Odes are subtle and allusive, the Epodes are robust and coarse in their celebrations of sex and tirades against political leaders. This edition also includes the Secular Hymn and Suetonius's "Life of Horace."

About this title

About the Author:

David West is Professor Emeritus of Latin at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) was born in late 65 BC at Venusia in Apulia. He served on the staff of Brutus' army until the defeat at Philippi in 42 BC. On returning to Rome he found his father dead and his property confiscated but obtained a secretarial post in the treasury. His poetry
impressed Virgil, who introduced him to the great patron Maecenas in 38 BC. From now on Horace had no financial worries and moved freely among the leading poets and statesmen of Rome; after Virgil's death in 19 BC he was virtually Poet Laureate.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Latin

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 019283942X
• ISBN 13: 9780192839428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240