Quinti Horati Flacci opera omnia: The odes, Carmen saeculare, and epodes |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page 5
... usual order , the copyist having apparently started with the intention of an arrangement according to metres , for he begins with nineteen Sapphic Odes . These follow the common order , though the distinction of Books is not marked ...
... usual order , the copyist having apparently started with the intention of an arrangement according to metres , for he begins with nineteen Sapphic Odes . These follow the common order , though the distinction of Books is not marked ...
Page 19
... usual practice seems to be to finish one collection of poems before he begins another . There is development of style within one collection in the direction of the next , but no appearance of overlapping . That the Epodes themselves ...
... usual practice seems to be to finish one collection of poems before he begins another . There is development of style within one collection in the direction of the next , but no appearance of overlapping . That the Epodes themselves ...
Page 25
... usual arrangement . Diomedes , the writer on metre ( quoted by Priscian and there- fore not later than the fifth century ) , refers to the Odes by their present numbering . dedication of Epp . 1. 1 and 19 , and ODES , BOOKS I - III . 25.
... usual arrangement . Diomedes , the writer on metre ( quoted by Priscian and there- fore not later than the fifth century ) , refers to the Odes by their present numbering . dedication of Epp . 1. 1 and 19 , and ODES , BOOKS I - III . 25.
Page 27
... usual , of a dull , even con- ventional , ending , as though the passion ought to die away in a diminuendo before the strain ceases . This again passes into the mere sense of the relief afforded by contrast , or unwillingness to dwell ...
... usual , of a dull , even con- ventional , ending , as though the passion ought to die away in a diminuendo before the strain ceases . This again passes into the mere sense of the relief afforded by contrast , or unwillingness to dwell ...
Page 29
... usual practice . As a positive motive for placing particular Odes the principle has less scope , but we cannot but notice that in B. i the first nine Odes furnish specimens of nine out of the eleven metres found in the three Books , one ...
... usual practice . As a positive motive for placing particular Odes the principle has less scope , but we cannot but notice that in B. i the first nine Odes furnish specimens of nine out of the eleven metres found in the three Books , one ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adjective Aesch Alcaeus Apollo Apulia Asclepiad atque Augustus Bentley Caesar Cicero clause Compare consul contrast cura death deorum Diana Dill Dion domos dulce edition Ennius epithet Epod expression Faunus foll genitive gives Greek Hadriae Horace Horace's imply inter interpretation Introd Iovis Iuppiter Keller Line lyra Madv Maecenas manus mare meaning metaphor metre mihi nefas neque nunc Octavianus omnes Orelli Ovid pater perhaps poem poet poetry Porph probably puer quae quam quibus quid quis quod quotes reading reference Ritter Roman Rome Schol Scholia Scholiasts seems semper sense Sextus Pompeius sive Soph stanza Suetonius suggested Telephus Teucer tibi Tibur tion Troy unda Venus verb verse Virg Virgil wine word δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν τε τὸ
Popular passages
Page 356 - BEATUS ille, qui procul negotiis, Ut prisca gens mortalium, Paterna rura bobus exercet suis, Solutus omni fenore, Neque excitatur classico miles truci, Neque horret iratum mare, Forumque vitat et superba civium Potentiorum limina.
Page 277 - Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum.
Page 50 - Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa Perfusus liquidis urget odoribus Grato, Pyrrha, sub antro?
Page 71 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?
Page 131 - Principum amicitias, et arma Nondum expiatis uncta cruoribus, Periculosae plenum opus aleae, Tractas ; et incedis per ignes Suppositos cineri doloso.
Page 36 - Mercator metuens, otium et oppidi Laudat rura sui : mox reficit rates Quassas, indocilis pauperiem pati.
Page 161 - Ule et nefasto te posuit die, quicumque primum, et sacrilega manu produxit, arbos, in nepotum perniciem opprobriumque pagi ; illum et parentis crediderim sui fregisse cervicem...
Page 16 - Maecenas signa tabellis/ dixeris, experiar: 'si vis, potes' ad dit et instat. 40 septimus octavo propior iam fugerit annus, ex quo Maecenas me coepit habere suorum in numero, dumtaxat ad hoc, quem tollere rueda vellet iter faciens, et cui concredere nugas hoc genus, 'hora quota est? Thraex est Gallina Syro par? 45 matutina parum cautos iam frigora mordent : ' et quae rimosa bene deponuntur in aure.
Page 289 - Monte decurrens velut amnis, imbres Quern super notas aluere ripas, Fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore, Laurea donandus Apollinari, Seu per audaces nova dithyrambos Verba devolvit, numerisque fertur Lege solutis...
Page 187 - ODI profanum vulgus et arceo : favete linguis ; carmina non prius audita Musarum sacerdos virginibus puerisque canto, regum timendorum in proprios greges, reges in ipsos imperium est lovis, clari Giganteo triumpho, cuneta supercilio moventis.