Horace

Poems

Horace, Paul Quarrie

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English

Everyman's Library
15 September 2015

Poetry by individual poets

Series: Everyman's Library POCKET POETS

A wide-ranging selection of the work of one of ancient Rome's master

poets--and originator of the phrase ""carpe diem""--whose influence on

poetry can be traced down through the centuries into our own time.

EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POETS.

Horace saw the death of the Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, and was personally acquainted with the emperor Augustus and the poet Virgil. He was famous during his lifetime, and continued to be posthumously, for his odes and epodes, his satires and epistles, and for Ars Poetica. His lyric poems have been translated into many languages,

by an array of famous poets including Jonson, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Cowper, A. E. Houseman, Ezra Pound, Louis McNeice, Robert Lowell--and even Queen Elizabeth I and the Victorian prime minister Gladstone.

Also included are excerpts from Ars poetica (The Art of Poetry), an influential work of literary criticism, and the Carmen saeculare (Secular Hymn), a prayer to Apollo commissioned by Augustus for public performance.

Horace's injunction to ""seize the day"" has echoed through the ages. This anthology of superb English translations will show how Horace has permeated English literature for five centuries.

By: Horace
Edited by: Paul Quarrie
Imprint: Everyman's Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 113mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 253g
ISBN: 9781841598024
ISBN 10: 184159802X
Series: Everyman's Library POCKET POETS
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 September 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born Quintus Horatius Flaccus on December 8, 65 BC. In his writings, he ""tells us far more about himself, his character, his development, and his way of life than any other great poet in antiquity