Horace
Horace by Eduard Fraenkel, published by Clarendon Press in 1980, is a New Edition that spans 463 pages in English. This book primarily offers interpretations of a significant portion of Horace’s writings, tracing the evolution of the poet’s work from his early epodes and satires to his more developed epistles and odes. The aim is to enhance the reader’s understanding of Horace’s poetry as a cohesive whole, rather than to serve as a replacement for existing commentaries.
Readers will find a comprehensive exploration of Horace’s influences, including discussions on his predecessors and models, as well as his perspectives on poetry, politics, and society, particularly in relation to figures like Maecenas and Augustus. The text also addresses themes of philosophy and religion, while examining issues of language and style, and the connections to Greek and Latin literature and Roman history. An introductory chapter offers insights into Suetonius’ Life of Horace, providing additional context for the interpretations presented throughout the book.
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“This book, consisting in the main of interpretations of a large part of Horace’s writings, attempts to outline the history of the poet’s work from his earliest epodes and satires to his maturest epistles and odes. Its purpose is not to replace existing commentaries but rather to enable the reader to understand a poem of Horace as a whole and to appreciate the character and arrangement of his books in their entirety. The interpretation aims at being as comprehensive as the subject requires; it deals both with Horace’s forerunners and models and with his views on poetry, politics and society — including his relations with Maecenas and Augustus — philosophy and religion. Problems of language and style, of Greek and Latin literature and of Roman history are discussed wherever appropriate. An introductory chapter provides a commentary on Suetoniuus’ Life of Horace.” [Back cover].
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