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This book is a successor to the commentaries by Nisbet and Hubbard on Odes I and II, but it takes critical note of the abundant recent writing on Horace. It starts from the precise interpretation of the Latin; attention is paid to the nuances implied by the word-order; parallel passages are quoted, not to depreciate the poet's originality but to elucidate his meaning and to show how he adapted his predecessors; sometimes major English poets are cited to exemplify his influence on the tradition. In expounding the so-called Roman Odes the editors reject not only uncritical acceptance of Augustan ideology but also more recent attempts to find subversion in a court-poet. They show how Greek moralizing, particularly by the Epicureans, is applied to contemporary social situations. Poems on country festivals are treated sympathetically in the belief that the tolerant and inclusive religion of the Romans can easily be misunderstood. The poet's wit is emphasized in his addresses both to eminent Romans and to women with Greek names; the latter poems are taken as reflecting his general experience rather than particular occasions. Though Horace's ironic self-presentation must not be understood too literally, the editors reject the modern tendency to treat the author as unknowable. Although the text of the Odes is not printed separately, the headings to the notes provide a continuous text. The editors put forward a number of conjectures, most of them necessarily tentative, and in the few cases where they disagree, both opinions are summarized.

Laudatory poetry, Latin --- Odes, Latin --- History and criticism --- Odes --- History and criticism. --- Horace. --- Rome --- In literature. --- Laudatory poetry, Latin - History and criticism --- Odes, Latin - History and criticism

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Claudianus, Claudius -- Criticism and interpretation. --- Laudatory poetry, Latin -- History and criticism. --- Literary form -- History -- To 1500. --- Prefaces -- History and criticism. --- Rome -- In literature. --- Claudianus, Claudius --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Rome --- In literature.

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The five books of the Silvae bring together the occasional verses which Statius wrote in addition to his two epics. In these short descriptive poems Statius elaborates features taken from various genres into an original whole, in which description and eulogy play important roles. The main themes of the poems of his second book are consolation after bereavement and the contrast between nature and culture. The present work contains a general introduction, a text of Silvae II, a bibliography, and an index, together with a verse-by-verse commentary on the poems of this second book. This is the first commentary on a book of the Silvae since Vollmer's commentary on the whole of the Silvae of 1898. Emphasis is here placed on interpretation and moreover chiefly on the literary and stylistic aspects of the poems, which, compared with the epic poetry of Statius and his contemporaries, have hitherto received relatively little attention.

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Latin language --- Laudatory poetry, Latin --- Prayer --- Laudatory poetry, Greek --- History and criticism --- Prayer in literature. --- Prière --- Latin (langue) --- Semantics. --- History and criticism. --- Actes de congrès --- Antiquité --- Terminologie --- Lexicologie --- Rome --- Religion. --- Antiquité. --- Actes de congrès. --- Laudatory poetry, Latin - History and criticism --- Prayer - Rome --- Laudatory poetry, Greek - History and criticism --- Linguistics - Classical latin language - Roman religion. --- Prière --- Actes de congrès --- Antiquité. --- Actes de congrès.

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Horace --- Rhetoric, Ancient --- Rome in literature --- Laudatory poetry, Latin --- Odes --- History and criticism --- -Odes --- -Rhetoric, Ancient --- Classical languages --- Greek language --- Greek rhetoric --- Latin language --- Latin rhetoric --- Lyric poetry --- Poetry --- Latin laudatory poetry --- Latin poetry --- Rhetoric --- Gorat︠s︡īĭ --- Gorat︠s︡iĭ Flakk, Kvint --- Horacij --- Horacio, --- Horacio Flaco, Q. --- Horacjusz --- Horacjusz Flakkus, Kwintus --- Horacy --- Horatius Flaccus, Quintus --- Horaṭiyos --- Horaṭiyus --- Horats --- Horaz --- Khorat︠s︡iĭ --- Khorat︠s︡iĭ Flak, Kvint --- Orazio --- Orazio Flacco, Quinto --- הוראציוס --- הורטיוס --- Horacij Flakk, Kvint --- Ancient rhetoric --- Odes, Latin --- Horace. --- Rome --- In literature. --- Rhetoric, Ancient. --- Laudatory poetry, Latin - History and criticism --- Odes - History and criticism