{"product_id":"horace-odes-and-epodes-9780674996090","title":"Horace Odes and Epodes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonumental verse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poetry of Horace (born 65 BC) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the great Roman poet's \u003ci\u003eOdes \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEpodes\u003c\/i\u003e boasts a faithful and fluid translation and reflects current scholarship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Horace took pride in being the first Roman to write a body of lyric poetry. For models he turned to Greek lyric, especially to the poetry of Alcaeus, Sappho, and Pindar; but his poems are set in a Roman context. His four books of \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e cover a wide range of moods and topics. Some are public poems, upholding the traditional values of courage, loyalty, and piety; and there are hymns to the gods. But most of the \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e are on private themes: chiding or advising friends; speaking about love and amorous situations, often amusingly. Horace's seventeen \u003ci\u003eEpodes\u003c\/i\u003e, which he called \u003ci\u003eiambi\u003c\/i\u003e, were also an innovation for Roman literature. Like the \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e they were inspired by a Greek model: the seventh-century iambic poetry of Archilochus. Love and political concerns are frequent themes; the tone is only occasionally aggressive. \"In his language he is triumphantly adventurous,\" Quintilian said of Horace; Niall Rudd's translation reflects his different voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRudd, Niall:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Niall Rudd (1927-2015) was Professor of Latin, University of Bristol.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327009231122,"sku":"9780674996090","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_483b050d-1385-405e-81d6-34068b7268f1.jpg?v=1727708199","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/horace-odes-and-epodes-9780674996090","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}