Hamilton, Locke and Clark Series.
The Works Of Q. Horatius Flaccus.
The Original Text Being Reduced to the Natural Order and Construction,
With Stirling's Translation Interlinearly Arranged
By P. A. Nuttall.
A New Edition,
Carefully Revised and Collated,
By Thomas Clark.
NEW EDITION
Publisher: David McKay
Copyright: 1884
--CONDITION--
This book is in good condition. Hardcover. This is an antiquarian book that has had a long and illustrious journey through time. Please take a look at the pictures to ascertain the condition and state of this item. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. The boards are lightly worn along edges and corners with some shelf wear. Hinges tight. Binding sturdy. The text block is crisp and clean. 435 pages -
--ABOUT THIS ITEM--
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known in the English-speaking world as Horace (/ˈhɒrɪs/), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words." Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (Satires and Epistles) and caustic iambic poetry (Epodes). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstrings." His career coincided with Rome's momentous change from a republic to an empire. An officer in the republican army defeated at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he was befriended by Octavian's right-hand man in civil affairs, Maecenas, and became a spokesman for the new regime.
Item Dimensions: 7.5 inches x 5.0 inches
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