A commentary on horace odes book 10

The tenth ode of horaces first book has met wit of critics. This commentary takes critical account of recent wr. They speak mainly of the technical difficulty of transferring alien metres and. This may vary slightly for effect two beats substituted for three etc. Horace s odes are among the most popular and the most misunderstood.

Caius cilnius maecenas, for a long time the emperor augustus chief adviser, and a distinguished patron of literature. A clear and comprehensive account of the textual difficulties posed by limen. In the first book of odes, horace presents himself to his roman readers in a novel guise, as the appropriator of the greek lyric tradition. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. This commentary takes critical account of recent writing on the odes. The first epode, the first satire, and the first epistle are addressed to the same patron and. Some of his ancestors were said to have been lucumones chiefs of arretium, hence the use of regibus here. The reader has to expect comments on the lines of ten other examples of the use. It was large, imm more detailed than the commentary by wickham in the old ninete. Paul shorey, commentary on horace, odes, epodes, and. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months.

The commentary includes a large number of parallel passagesshowing how horace plays new variations on old themessections on chronology and meter, and a select bibliography for each ode. Nisbet, 9780199288748, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Epodes and odes oklahoma series in classical culture, vol 10, latin. Nisbet and margaret hubbard 1978 a commentary on horace s epodes. It deals with detailed questions of interpretation, and shows how horace. Paul shorey, commentary on horace, odes, epodes, and carmen. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. A dedication of the first three books of the odes to maecenas. Nisbet and margaret hubbard 1970 a commentary on horace s epodes. Not only horace but vergil, propertius, and others profited by his patronage. The number of syllables most commonly employed in each standard line of the verse is given. It deals with detailed questions of interpretation, and shows how horace combined the tact of a courtpoet with a humane individualism, and how he wrote within a literary tradition without losing a highly personal voice.