Odes and epodes / Horace ; edited and translated by Niall Rudd.
Odes and epodes / Horace ; edited and translated by Niall Rudd.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Date
2004.
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N874.01/5
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- English
- Latin
Latin
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ix, 350 p. ; 17 cm.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2004.
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"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, loyalt...
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Odes and epodes / Horace ; edited and translated by Niall Rudd.
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Loeb classical library ; 33.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-19) and indexes.
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N874.01/5
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74VKDGQkwgZl
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ISBN
0674996097 (alk. paper)
9780674996090 (hbk.)
0674996097 (hbk.)
9780674996090
0674996097
9780674996090 (alk. paper)
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874.01
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991019046729702626
