A Symposion of Praise Horace Returns to Lyric in Odes IV

• Main Author: Johnson, Timothy
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Madison University of Wisconsin Press 2005
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Ancient & Classical; Horace.-Carmina.-Liber 4; Laudatory poetry, Latin-History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM; Lyric poetry-History and criticism; Odes, Latin-History and criticism; Praise in literature; Rome-In literature

    Ten years after publishing his first collection of lyric poetry, Odes I-III , Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.) returned to lyric and published another book of fifteen odes, Odes IV . These later lyrics, which praise Augustus, the imperial family, and other political in...

Table of Contents:

• Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Sympotic Horace 2. Encomia Nobilium and Horace’s Panegyric Praxis 3. Encomia Augusti, “Take One” 4. Songs of Mo(u)rning 5. Encomia Augusti, “Take Two” Notes Works Cited General Index Index Locorum Cover Frontmatter
• Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Sympotic Horace -- 2. Encomia Nobilium and Horace's Panegyric Praxis -- 3. Encomia Augusti, "Take One" -- 4. Songs of Mo(u)rning -- 5. Encomia Augusti, "Take Two" -- Notes -- Works Cited -- General Index -- Index Locorum