Odes

206 Pages·2014·0.665 MB·English

by  Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, Slavitt, David Rytman

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Odes
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Pub li ca tion of this vol ume has been made pos sible, in part,
through the gen er ous sup port and en dur ing vi sion of
War ren G. Moon.
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Odes
Hor ace
Trans lated with com men tary by
David R. Sla vitt
The Uni ver sity of Wis con sin Press
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Hor ace, au thor.
[Car mina. En glish]
Odes / Hor ace; trans lated with com men tary by David R. Sla vitt.
pages cm—(Wis con sin stud ies in clas sics)
ISBN 978-0-299-29854-8 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-299-29853-1 (e - book)
1. Hor ace—Trans la tions into En glish.
2. Lau da tory poetry, Latin—Trans la tions into En glish.
3. Verse satire, Latin—Transl a tions into En glish.
4. Rome— Poetry. 5. Hor ace—Crit i cism and inter pre ta tion.
6. Odes, Latin—His tory and crit i cism.
I. Sla vitt, David R., 1935–, trans la tor, writer of added com men tary.
II. Title. III. Se ries: Wis con sin stud ies in clas sics.
PA6395.S56 2014
874´.01—dc23
2013038599
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For
Janet
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Me dulces dom i nae Musa Li cym nia
can tus, me vol uit di cere lu cidum
ful gen tis ocul os et bene mu tuis
fidum pec tus ao ri bus
II, 12
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Con tents
Intro duc tion
xi
Book I
1
Book II
55
Book III
89
Book IV
153
ix