A Commentary on Horace's Epodes

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-925324-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1092 g

This is by far the most detailed commentary yet on Horace's Epodes. The line-by-line commentary on each epode is prefaced by a substantial interpretative essay which offers a reading of that poem and synthesises 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 two 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watson, Lindsay C.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Historical Background

- Literary Background

- The Epode-book

- Style

- Poetic quality

- Numeros. secutus

- Conspectus of metres

- Text

- Commentary on Epodes 1-17

Über Autor(innen)

Lindsay C. Watson is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Sydney, Australia