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Book SynopsisHorace has long been revered as the supreme lyric poet of the Augustan Age. Born the son of a freed slave in southern rural Italy, he rose to become one of the most celebrated poets in Rome. This book spells out how the poet expresses values and traditions that remain unchanged in the deepest strata of Italian character two thousand years later.
Trade Review"This new translation promises to be a grand adventure for the imaginations of graduates, undergraduates, and general readers."--Choice "Alexander's translations of the satires are unusually readable... They project an image of the poet as a Socratic loner, edgy, irritable, ultimately at odds with the city he loves... But having rendered the satires and the odes in one go, Alexander allows us glimpses of a more subtle Horace."--Tom D'Evelyn, The Boston Book Review "Alexander's translations are accurate yet vigorous and fluent, avoiding both archaisms and contemporary idioms."--Library Journal
Table of ContentsFOREWORD, by Richard Howard xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv INTRODUCTION xvii NOTE TO THE READER xxix ODES Book I 3 Book II 55 Book III 91 Book IV 151 SATIRES Book I 189 Book II 245 NOTES TO Odes 317 NOTES TO Satires 343 BIBLIOGRAPHY 353
