A Commentary on Horace

A Commentary on Horace
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Synopsis A Commentary on Horace by : Robin George Murdoch Nisbet

Horace's Odes are among the most popular, and the most misunderstood, of ancient writings. The present work is written in the belief that they are learned poems, which demand some knowledge of conventional forms and topics. Each ode is provided with an introduction which sets it against itsGreek and Roman literary background. This edition may be used in conjunction with the Oxford Classical Text edited by E. C. Wickham. The commentary includes a large number of parallel passages, chosen to show how Horace plays new variations on old themes; it is hoped that these may prove useful tocommentators on other ancient poets. The book also contains sections on chronology and metre, and a select bibliography is attached to each ode.

Horace: Odes Book II

Horace: Odes Book II
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781107012912
ISBN-13 : 1107012910
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Synopsis Horace: Odes Book II by : Horace

The first substantial commentary for a generation on this book of Horace's Odes, a great masterpiece of classical Latin literature.

A Commentary on Horace: Odes Book III

A Commentary on Horace: Odes Book III
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0199288747
ISBN-13 : 9780199288748
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Synopsis A Commentary on Horace: Odes Book III by : R. G. M. Nisbet

This book is a successor to the commentaries by Nisbet and Hubbard on Odes I and II, but it takes critical note of the abundant recent writing on Horace. It starts from the precise interpretation of the Latin; attention is paid to the nuances implied by the word-order; parallel passages arequoted, not to depreciate the poet's originality but to elucidate his meaning and to show how he adapted his predecessors; sometimes major English poets are cited to exemplify his influence on the tradition.In expounding the so-called Roman Odes the editors reject not only uncritical acceptance of Augustan ideology but also more recent attempts to find subversion in a court-poet. They show how Greek moralizing, particularly by the Epicureans, is applied to contemporary social situations. Poems oncountry festivals are treated sympathetically in the belief that the tolerant and inclusive religion of the Romans can easily be misunderstood. The poet's wit is emphasized in his addresses both to eminent Romans and to women with Greek names; the latter poems are taken as reflecting his generalexperience rather than particular occasions. Though Horace's ironic self-presentation must not be understood too literally, the editors reject the modern tendency to treat the author as unknowable.Although the text of the Odes is not printed separately, the headings to the notes provide a continuous text. The editors put forward a number of conjectures, most of them necessarily tentative, and in the few cases where they disagree, both opinions are summarized.

Horace: Odes Book III

Horace: Odes Book III
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 1108481248
ISBN-13 : 9781108481243
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Synopsis Horace: Odes Book III by : A. J. Woodman

Book 3 of the Odes completes the lyric trilogy which Horace, who rivals Virgil as the greatest of all Latin poets, published in 23 BC. Arguably his most famous book, it opens with the six so-called 'Roman Odes', those defining texts of the Augustan Age, and concludes with the statement of his achievement: he has produced for his Roman readers a body of lyric poetry to rival the great lyric poets of Greece, a monument which will last as long as Rome itself. The present volume aims to place Horace's Odes in their literary and historical context, to explain his Latin, to articulate his thought, and to attempt to elucidate his brilliance. It presents a new text and adopts an approach independent of that of earlier commentators.

Carmina

Carmina
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780521854733
ISBN-13 : 0521854733
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Synopsis Carmina by : Horace

This edition provides current information and guidance on fundamental matters of language usage, poetic structure, and literary interpretation.

Odes

Odes
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Total Pages : 90
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101017408749
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Synopsis Odes by : Horace

Horace's Odes

Horace's Odes
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9780198035626
ISBN-13 : 0198035624
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Synopsis Horace's Odes by : Richard Tarrant

A Commentary on Horace's Epodes

A Commentary on Horace's Epodes
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 632
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ISBN-10 : 0199253242
ISBN-13 : 9780199253241
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Synopsis A Commentary on Horace's Epodes by : Lindsay Watson

This is by far the most detailed commentary yet on Horace's Epodes. The line-by-line commentary on each epode is prefaced by a substantial interpretative essay which offers a reading of that poem and synthesises existing scholarship. These essays, the first of their kind, will provideessential critical orientation to undergraduates approaching the Epode-book for the first time. Moreover, the scale and density of the commentary will make it an invaluable resource for scholars of Latin poetry. A particular feature is the first in-depth treatment of the two lengthy magical Epodes 5and 17. The author draws extensively on ancient magical texts preserved on papyrus and lead, as well as the recent flood of publications on Greek and Roman magic, to cast light on countless details in these epodes which reveal a marked familiarity on Horace's part with authentic magical belief andpractice.

Carmen saeculare

Carmen saeculare
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9780521582797
ISBN-13 : 0521582792
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Carmen saeculare by : Horace

This is the first full English commentary since the 19th century, suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

Horace and the Rhetoric of Authority

Horace and the Rhetoric of Authority
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9780521573153
ISBN-13 : 0521573157
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Synopsis Horace and the Rhetoric of Authority by : Ellen Oliensis

This book explores how Horace's poems construct the literary and social authority of their author. Bridging the traditional distinction between 'persona' and 'author', Ellen Oliensis considers Horace's poetry as one dimension of his 'face' - the projected self-image that is the basic currency of social interactions. She reads Horace's poems not only as works of art but also as social acts of face-saving, face-making and self-effacement. These acts are responsive, she suggests, to the pressure of several audiences: Horace shapes his poetry to promote his authority and to pay deference to his patrons while taking account of the envy of contemporaries and the judgement of posterity. Drawing on the insights of sociolinguistics, deconstruction and new historicism Dr Oliensis charts the poet's shifting strategies of authority and deference across his entire literary career.