The Complete Odes and Satires of Horace

by Horace

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Horace has long been revered as the supreme lyric poet of the Augustan Age. In his perceptive introduction to this translation of Horace's Odes and Satires, Sidney Alexander engagingly spells out how the poet expresses values and traditions that remain unchanged in the deepest strata of Italian character two thousand years later. Horace shares with Italians of today a distinctive delight in the senses, a fundamental irony, a passion for seizing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691004285

ISBN13:9780691004280

Release Date:February 1999

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Ancient & Classical Literature Ancient, Classical & Medieval Education & Reference Greek Humor Humor & Entertainment Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Medieval Movements & Periods

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