TY - BOOK ID - 28136073 TI - Horace's Carmen Saeculare: ritual magic and the poet's art PY - 2000 SN - 0300083335 9786611730628 1281730629 0300130457 PB - New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Magic in literature KW - Political poetry, Latin KW - -Politics and literature KW - -Ritual in literature KW - Literature KW - Literature and politics KW - Latin political poetry KW - Latin poetry KW - History and criticism KW - Political aspects KW - Augustus Emperor of Rome KW - -Horace KW - Horace KW - Orazio KW - Horacij Flakk, Kvint KW - Art patronage KW - Political and social views KW - Rome KW - In literature. KW - Magic in literature. KW - Ritual in literature. KW - Ritual in literature KW - Augustus, KW - Politics and literature KW - Horace. KW - Octavius Caesar, KW - Gaius Octavius, KW - Octavius, Gaius, KW - Octavianus, KW - Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar, KW - Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, KW - Octavian, KW - Caius Julius Caesar Octavianus, KW - T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian Avgust, KW - Oktavian-Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ, KW - Avgust, T︠S︡ezarʹ Oktavian, KW - Octavianus Augustus, KW - Augusto, KW - Cesarz August, KW - Ogusṭus, KW - Augustus Caesar, KW - Gaius Octavius Thurinus, KW - Octavio Augusto, KW - Cayo Octavio Turino, KW - Thurinus, Gaius Octavius, KW - Turino, Cayo Octavio, KW - אוגוסטוס KW - Art patronage. KW - Political and social views. KW - Poetry KW - Horatius Flaccus, Quintus KW - Horatius Flaccus, Q. KW - History and criticism. KW - Gorat︠s︡īĭ KW - Gorat︠s︡iĭ Flakk, Kvint KW - Horacij KW - Horacio, KW - Horacio Flaco, Q. KW - Horacjusz KW - Horacjusz Flakkus, Kwintus KW - Horacy KW - Horaṭiyos KW - Horaṭiyus KW - Horats KW - Horaz KW - Khorat︠s︡iĭ KW - Khorat︠s︡iĭ Flak, Kvint KW - Orazio Flacco, Quinto KW - הוראציוס KW - הורטיוס UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:28136073 AB - This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 B.C.E. for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circumstances of presentation are known, and it is the only lyric of Horace we can be certain was first presented orally. Michael C. J. Putnam offers a close and sensitive reading of this hymn, shedding new light on the richness and virtuosity of its poetry, on the many sources Horace drew on, and on the poem's power and significance as a public ritual. A rich and compelling work, this poem is a masterpiece, Putnam shows, and it represents a crucial link in the development of Rome's outstanding lyric poet. ER -