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

Horace

 
9780199555277: The Complete Odes and Epodes (Oxford World's Classics)
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ISBN 10: 0199555273 ISBN 13: 9780199555277
Editorial: OUP Oxford, 2008

Sinopsis

Horace (65-8 BC) is one of the most important and brilliant poets of the Augustan Age of Latin literature whose influence on European literature is unparalleled.

Horace's Odes and Epodes constitute a body of Latin poetry equalled only by Virgil's, astonishing us with leaps of sense and rich modulation, masterly metaphor, and exquisite subtlety. The Epodes include proto-Augustan poems, intent on demonstrating the tolerance, humour and the humanity of the new leaders of Rome, robust love poems, and poems of violent denunciation; the Odes echo Greek lyric poetry, reflecting on war, politics and the gods, and celebrating the pleasures of wine, friendship, love, poetry and music. Steeped in allusion to contemporary affairs, Horace's verse is best read in terms of his changing relationship to the public sphere, and David West's superb new translation is supplemented by a lucid introduction illuminating these complexities, extensive notes, a chronological survey and a glossary of names.
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David West is Professor Emeritus of Latin at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne & 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.

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Editorial
OUP Oxford
Año de publicación
2008
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0199555273
ISBN 13 
9780199555277
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Número de páginas
240
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Oxford University Press
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9780140444223: The Complete Odes and Epodes: with the Centennial Hymn (Penguin Classics)

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ISBN 10:  014044422X ISBN 13:  9780140444223
Editorial: Penguin Classics, 1983
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