Horace's Carmen Saeculare : Ritual Magic and the Poet's Art

Putnam, Michael C. J.

ISBN 10: 0300083335 / ISBN 13: 9780300083330

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, U.S.A., 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Horace's Carmen Saeculare : Ritual Magic and the Poet's Art
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300083335
• ISBN 13: 9780300083330
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature, Poetry, & Criticism

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Synopsis

A close examination of Horace's hymn Carmen Saeculare which was commissioned by Augustus in 17 BC for performance at the Ludi Saeculare . A presentation of the poem itself is accompanied by discussions of the Horatian and Hellenistic background and comparisons are made with other Latin poems. Extracts in Latin with English translation.

About the Author

Michael C. J. Putnam is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics and professor of comparative literature at Brown University. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Virgil's Epic Designs: Ekphrasis in the Aeneid, published by Yale University Press.