Odes
In Latin and English
The first rigorously metrical translation of Horace's classic work in many years, this collection combines a staunch respect for the meaning of the Latin verse, which appears on facing pages, with an ebullient sense of these varied poems as works in English. A line-for-line rendition that finds English equivalents for the original quantitative meters, the volume captures both the tenderness and occasional irascibility of the great Augustan poet. The book also contains useful end notes for those wishing to better understand Horace's allusions and mythological proper names.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-85754-851-8
- EAN: 9781857548518
- Produktnummer: 2419158
- Verlag: Carcanet Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 180 S.
- Masse: H21.7 cm x B14.2 cm x D1.6 cm 350 g
- Gewicht: 350
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS, known in English as Horace, was born at Venusia, near the border of Apulia, in 65 B.C. His father, a former slave who had freed himself before the birth of his son, sent him to school in Rome. As a young man Horace went to Athens and studied philosophy at the famous schools. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the army of Brutus, served at Philippi, and came back to Rome not long after. Deprived of his property as a result of the proscriptions, he began life anew at the age of twenty-four as a clerk in a public office. Not long after, he attracted the attention of Maecenas, and soon became acquainted with Varius and Virgil, henceforth devoting himself to literary pursuits. HIs first work, the first book of Satires, was published in 35 B.C. About a year later, Maecenas presented him with the celebrated Sabine Farm, and Horace was at liberty to the end of his life to do as he liked. Before he died he was famous: the Emperor Augustus commissioned him to write the fourth book of Odes. He died eight years before the birth of Christ.
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