The odes of Horace

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The odes of Horace
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Poetry & Plays

The odes of Horace

Horace
Edition year 1987
Binding Leather
Illustrator Elisabeth Frink
Translator James Michie
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 288
Dimensions 28 × 18.7 cm

Edition details

The Odes of Horace, translated by James Michie, eleven double-page drawings by Elisabeth Frink. Quarter black leather, grey canvas boards, dark green endleaves. Grey-green slipcase. 28 x 18.7 cm. 288 pp.

About the book

Horace's Odes explore friendship, love, mortality and the pleasures of a life lived with awareness of its limits. Written in the world of Augustan Rome, the poems move between private reflection and public history, combining carefully shaped lyric forms with an enduring interest in how people use their time. Wine, country life and companionship offer moments of contentment against the uncertainty of fortune and the demands of ambition. Both intimate and worldly, these classical poems have influenced generations of writers through their wit, measured judgement and memorable invitations to enjoy the present.

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