Odes and Epodes (Loeb Classical Library)
Horace
ISBN 10: 0674990374 ISBN 13: 9780674990371
Published by Harvard University Press, 1988
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First Edition, First Printing. Published by Harvard University Press, 1988. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good. Seller Inventory # 476320
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Horace (b. 65 B.C.) claims the lyric poetry of Sappho and Alcaeus as models for his celebrated odes. His four books cover a wide range of moods and topics: friendship is the dominant theme of about a third of the poems; a great many deal with love and amorous situations, often amusingly; others deal with patriotic and political themes. The seventeen epodes, which Horace called iambi, were also inspired by a Greek model: the seventh century iambic poetry of Archilochus. As in the odes, love and politics are frequent themes; some of the epodes also display mockery and ridicule, of a harsher variety than we find in Horace's satires.
About the Author: Charles Edwin Bennett (1858–1921) was Goldwin Smith Professor of Latin at Cornell University.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Odes and Epodes (Loeb Classical Library)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Edition.