The Odes and Epodes of Horace (Phoenix P47)
Chicago: Phoenix Books / The University of Chicago Press, 1960. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Item #2348678
1962 2nd printing. Rear wrapper and pages toned. Text clean and unmarked.
v, [1], 257, [3] pp. The writings of Horace have exerted strong and continuing influence on writers from his day to our own. Sophisticated and intellectual, witty and frank, he speaks to the cultivated and civilized world of today with the same astringent candor and sprightliness that appeared so fresh at the height of Rome's wealthy and glory. In 23 B.C., when he published the first three books of his lyrics, Horace was 42 years old, secure in the favor of the emperor Augustus, and living in ease and comfort as a country gentleman on his Sabine farm.
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