Horace`s "Carmen Saeculare": Ritual Magic and the Poet`s Art
Released: Feb 01, 2001
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover, 182 pages
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Description:
A close examination of Horace's hymn Carmen Saeculare which was commissioned by Augustus in 17 BC for performance at the Ludi Saeculare . A presentation of the poem itself is accompanied by discussions of the Horatian and Hellenistic background and comparisons are made with other Latin poems. Extracts in Latin with English translation.
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