Horace : Epodes and Odes (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture , Vol 10, Latin language edition) [Paperback]

Daniel H. Garrison (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0806130571 | ISBN-13: 978-0806130576 | Publication Date: September 15, 1998 | Edition: Latin language

This fully annotated Latin edition, by Daniel H. Garrison, of Horace’s Epodes, Odes, and Carmen Saeculare is the first comprehensive English commentary on these works since 1903. The full text of the Epodes is included and placed before the Odes, as it was originally written and published. Garrison offers help with meter, vocabulary, and difficult points of grammar. For advanced students, he place Horace against the background of archaic and Hellenistic Greek poetry, demonstrates the poet’s debt to Catullus, and illuminates Horace’s relation to his contemporaries, particularly Virgil. Biographical information and a discussion of Horace’s literary persona expand our view of the poet and his works. Appendices on meter, persons mentioned in the poems, and technical terminology provide what readers end to understand topical and mythological references, rhetorical conventions, and poetic artistry. 

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About the Author

Daniel H. Garrison is Professor of Classical at Northwestern University. He is the author of Mild Frenzy: A Reading of the Hellenistic Love Epigram, The Language of Virgil, The Student's Catullus, 3rd ed., and Greek Sexual Culture.

Product Details

• Paperback: 398 pages
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press; Latin language edition (September 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806130571
• ISBN-13: 978-0806130576
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good text for the casual reader, August 11, 2000

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Eric R Schmitt (Walla Walla, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Horace : Epodes and Odes (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture , Vol 10, Latin language edition) (Paperback)

Garrison's edition is well suited to the recreational reader of Latin and the non-scholar. His notes, as always, are very helpful and cover most of the gramatical and textual questions that are likely to arise for the undergraduate or secondary reader. This book, however, would have benefited from a vocabulary and a slightly larger print size for the text. A good book, but not as good as Garrison's Catullus.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for introductory students, May 29, 2002

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This review is from: Horace : Epodes and Odes (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture , Vol 10, Latin language edition) (Paperback)

Garrison's layout of the text is fairly well done so that the text is easily able to be read. The commentary is, generally, useful. There are a few typos or mistakes in it, but the commentary will prove valuable to the intro student. There is sufficient aide for grammatical question and enough cultural explanations to make the book useful. Sometimes Garrison makes references to more modern works, which is less useful, yet still available. If you are a serious reader, you likely know more suitable sources already. Otherwise, for the casual reader or student who is attempting to augment proficiency, this book is useful. Fortunately, Garrison (Ode 1,11) does not fall into common convention to misaddress 'carpe diem' as sieze the day rather than the proper 'pluck the day' in the proper context.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good commentary, but lacking in grammar help, December 10, 2010

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This review is from: Horace : Epodes and Odes (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture , Vol 10, Latin language edition) (Paperback)

I purchased this book for a class, and overall it was fairly helpful. The commentary gave a good amount of historical background, helping to identify some of the proper names included in the poems, and helped with some of the other vocabulary. However, it included some, but little grammatical help, and in poetry, grammar can be very confusing. However, the appendices also included other helpful information, including information about meters, and overall, the book provides a fairly good commentary on the Epodes and Odes.