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- catalog abstract ""Horace's Epodes reflect as no other work of Latin poetry does the crisis afflicting Rome in the 40s and 30s BC, as it passed from a republican to an imperial system. In the seventeen poems various bogeys which were perceived as instrumental to societal breakdown are outspokenly attacked: the brutal carnage of the civil wars, widespread agricultural disruption, perversion of traditional Roman values, dissolution of social hierarchies, the rampant and highly noxious weed of black magic, and female sexual aggression." "This is by far the most detailed commentary yet on the Epodes. The line-by-line commentary on each epode is prefaced by a substantial interpretative essay which offers a reading of that poem and synthesizes existing scholarship. These essays, the first of their kind, will provide essential critical orientation to undergraduates approaching the Epode-book for the first time. Moreover, the scale and density of the commentary will make it an invaluable resource for scholars of Latin poetry. A particular feature is the first in-depth treatment of the lengthy magical Epodes 5 and 17. The author draws extensively on ancient magical texts preserved on papyrus and lead, as well as the recent flood of publications on Greek and Roman magic, to cast light on countless details in these epodes which reveal a marked familiarity on Horace's part with authentic magical belief and practice."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13034057.
- catalog coverage "Rome In literature.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Horace's Epodes reflect as no other work of Latin poetry does the crisis afflicting Rome in the 40s and 30s BC, as it passed from a republican to an imperial system. In the seventeen poems various bogeys which were perceived as instrumental to societal breakdown are outspokenly attacked: the brutal carnage of the civil wars, widespread agricultural disruption, perversion of traditional Roman values, dissolution of social hierarchies, the rampant and highly noxious weed of black magic, and female sexual aggression."".
- catalog description ""This is by far the most detailed commentary yet on the Epodes. The line-by-line commentary on each epode is prefaced by a substantial interpretative essay which offers a reading of that poem and synthesizes existing scholarship. These essays, the first of their kind, will provide essential critical orientation to undergraduates approaching the Epode-book for the first time. Moreover, the scale and density of the commentary will make it an invaluable resource for scholars of Latin poetry. A particular feature is the first in-depth treatment of the lengthy magical Epodes 5 and 17.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-597) and index.".
- catalog description "The author draws extensively on ancient magical texts preserved on papyrus and lead, as well as the recent flood of publications on Greek and Roman magic, to cast light on countless details in these epodes which reveal a marked familiarity on Horace's part with authentic magical belief and practice."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 604 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0199253242 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Rome In literature.".
- catalog subject "871/.01 22".
- catalog subject "Horace. Epodae.".
- catalog subject "PA6393.C9 W38 2003".
- catalog subject "Verse satire, Latin History and criticism.".
- catalog title "A commentary on Horace's Epodes / Lindsay C. Watson.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".