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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10052139774X

ISBN-139780521397742

eBay Product ID (ePID)16038311265

Product Key Features

Book TitleEpodes

Number of Pages332 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicAncient / General, General

IllustratorYes

GenreHumor, History

AuthorQuintus Horatius Flaccus

Book SeriesCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight12.6 Oz

Item Length7.3 in

Item Width4.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN94-038675

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"In his comprehensive textual commentary Mankin addresses a variety of needs and interests--grammer and syntax, versification and poetic figures, linguistic and cultural explication of vocabulary--all with abundant references to sources and special studies....excellent scholarship and broad utitlity....Highly recommended to all students of Horace at upper-division undergraduate and above." Choice

Dewey Decimal871/.01

Table Of ContentIntroduction: 1. Horace; 2. Historical background; 3. The Epodes and early Greek iambus; 4. The Epode book; 5. Language and style; 6. Metre; 7. The text; Q. HORATI FLACCI IAMBORVM LIBER; Commentary; Appendices; Bibliography; Indexes to the commentary.

SynopsisHorace's book of Epodes comprises seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre traditionally associated with lampoon. David Mankin examines all aspects of Horace's relationship with his models and of the technical accomplishment of his verse, and places the Epodes firmly in their literary and historical context while also giving help with linguistic problems. This is the only commentary to provide a full and detailed interpretation in English., The Epodes, with the first book of the Satires, were Horace's first published work. They consist of a collection of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre traditionally associated with lampoon. David Mankin's introduction and commentary examine all aspects of Horace's relationship with his models and of the technical accomplishment of his verse; it also gives help with linguistic problems. His edition places the Epodes firmly in their literary and historical context: Rome at the time of its greatest crisis, the Civil War which ended the Republic and led to the establishment of the Principate. Students and scholars alike will welcome this commentary, only the second in any language since the 1930s and the only one providing a full and detailed interpretation in English., Horace's book of Epodes consists of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the meter traditionally associated with lampoon. David Mankin's introduction and commentary examines all aspects of Horace's relationship with his models and of the technical accomplishment of his verse, and places the Epodes firmly in their literary and historical context while also giving help with linguistic problems. Students and scholars alike will welcome this commentary, the only one providing a full and detailed interpretation in English., This is the only commentary to provide a full and detailed interpretation in English of Horace’s book of Epodes.

LC Classification NumberPA6393 .C8 1995