Horace , Paul Quarrie (Editor)
Horace: Poems
- ISBN 13:
- 9781841598024
- author:
- Horace , Paul Quarrie (Editor)
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Everyman
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 11.3 x 2 x 16.5 cm
- Genre:
- Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Poetry, By Period
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Translated by an array of famous poets, this anthology brings together the works of Horace, one of Rome's most celebrated poets.
The collection includes his odes and epodes, satires and epistles, as well as excerpts from his influential work Ars Poetica and the Carmen saeculare, a prayer to Apollo commissioned by Augustus for public performance.
Horace's poetry has had a lasting impact on English literature, with his injunction to "seize the day" echoing through the ages. This superb anthology will show how Horace's works continue to be relevant today.
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