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The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace

Horace

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In four books of Odes, Horace turns Greek lyric forms into Latin poetry of perfect polish: invitations to friends to drink wine by the fire as snow covers…

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Author
Horace
Category
History
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

In four books of Odes, Horace turns Greek lyric forms into Latin poetry of perfect polish: invitations to friends to drink wine by the fire as snow covers Mount Soracte, love poems that laugh at love, praise of the quiet life on his Sabine farm, reflections on death and the passing seasons, and public poems celebrating Augustus and the victory over Cleopatra. Here are the famous phrases 'carpe diem', seize the day, and 'dulce et decorum est pro patria mori', and the proud last ode of Book III, in which he declares that he has built a monument more lasting than bronze.

Context and significance

Horace (65–8 BC), the son of a freed slave, fought on the losing side at Philippi before Virgil introduced him to the patron Maecenas. The volume also includes the hymn he wrote for Augustus's Secular Games of 17 BC. This verse translation is by John Conington. His friend's epic is the Aeneid.

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