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The Works of Horace

Horace

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 203 pages

The Works of Horace gathers the Roman poet's odes, epodes, satires, and epistles, including the Art of Poetry. These Latin lyrics and verse letters reflect on friendship, moderation, love, and the craft of writing. The prose translation offers a direct path into Horace's enduring voice.

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Handy Literal Translations
THE WORKS OF HORACE
TRANSLATED LITERALLY INTO ENGLISH PROSE
By C. Smart, A.M.
Of Pembroke College, Cambridge
A NEW EDITION
REVISED BY
Theodore Alois Buckley B.A. Of Christ Church
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
THE BOOK OF THE EPODES OF HORACE.
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
HORACE'S BOOK UPON THE ART OF POETRY.
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF
HORACE.

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Contents

  1. THE WORKS OF HORACE
  2. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
  3. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
  4. THE THIRD BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
  5. THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
  6. THE BOOK OF THE EPODES OF HORACE.
  7. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
  8. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
  9. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
  10. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
  11. HORACE'S BOOK UPON THE ART OF POETRY.
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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