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Квинт Гораций Флакк

Гораций – хрестоматийно известный древнеримский поэт, повлиявший на творчество едва ли не каждого поэта Золотого и Серебряного века в России. Кем он был? Одноклассником сына Цицерона, другом Мецената, персонажем «хита» литературы сплетен – «Жизни двенадцати Цезарей» Светония. Служил в армии Брута...

The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of HoraceHorace The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace PREFACE I scarcely know what excuse I can offer for making public this attempt to "translate the untranslatable." No one can be more convinced than I am that a really successful translator must be himself an ori...

The Art of Poetry: an Epistle to the PisosQ. HORATII FLACCI. EPISTOLA AD PISONESNotes on the EPISTLE to the PISOS292.–LET IT TO VIRTUE PROVE A GUIDE AND FRIEND.]346.—LET ME NOT, PISOS, IN THE SYLVIAN SCENE, USE ABJECT TERMS ALONE, AND PHRASES MEAN]466.—ON NATURE'S PATTERN TOO I'LL BID HIM LOOK, A...

Horace: Odes and EpodesHorace Horace: Odes and Epodes CARMINUM LIBER PRIMUS I Maecenas atavis edite regibus,O et praesidium et dulce decus meum,Sunt quos curriculo pulverem OlympicumCollegisse iuvat metaque fervidisEvitata rotis palmaque nobilis 5Terrarum dominos evehit ad deos;Hunc, si mobilium ...

The Works of HoraceHorace The Works of Horace THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE ODE I.TO MAECENAS.Maecenas, descended from royal ancestors, O both my protection and my darling honor! There are those whom it delights to have collected Olympic dust in the chariot race; and [whom] the goal nicely...

Echoes from the Sabine FarmHorace Echoes from the Sabine Farm INTRODUCTION One Sunday evening in the winter of 1890 Eugene Field and the writer were walking in Lake View, Chicago, on their way to visit the library of a common friend, when the subject of publishing a book for Field came up for dis...