Horace

Broschiertes Buch

The Four Books Of Horace's Odes (1869)

Beschreibung

The Four Books of Horace's Odes is a collection of poems written by the ancient Roman poet Horace. Originally published in 23 BC, the collection contains four books of lyrical poetry, each containing a variety of different types of poems. The first book focuses on themes of love and friendship, while the second book explores the themes of morality and virtue. The third book is dedicated to the theme of the Roman state and its leaders, and the fourth book contains a mixture of themes including personal reflection, the pleasures of life and the inevitability of death. Throughout the collection, Horace uses a variety of poetic forms and styles to convey his messages, including the ode, the epode, and the lyric. The Four Books of Horace's Odes is considered to be one of the most important works of ancient Roman poetry, and has had a significant influence on Western literature and poetry. This edition of the collection was translated into English by John Conington and published in 1869.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. His career coincided with Rome's momentous change from a republic to an empire. An officer in the republican army defeated at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he was befriended by Octavian's right-hand man in civil affairs, Maecenas, and became a spokesman for the new regime. Horace is often regarded as the world's first autobiographer. His writings tell far more about himself, his character, his development, and his way of life, than any other great poet of antiquity. Horace left Rome, possibly after his father's death, and continued his formal education in Athens, a great centre of learning in the ancient world, where he arrived at nineteen years of age, enrolling in The Academy. Founded by Plato, The Academy was now dominated by Epicureans and Stoics, whose theories and practises made a deep impression on the young man from Venusia. Meanwhile, he mixed and lounged about with the elite of Roman youth, such as Marcus, the idle son of Cicero, and the Pompeius to whom he later addressed a poem. It was in Athens too that he probably acquired deep familiarity with the ancient tradition of Greek lyric poetry, at that time largely the preserve of grammarians and academic specialists (access to such material was easier in Athens than in Rome, where the public libraries had yet to be built by Asinius Pollio and Augustus).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781104245733
• ISBN-10: 1104245736
• Artikelnr.: 26231457