ISBN-13: 9780199288748, 978-0199288748. 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.
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ISBN-13: 9780198147718, 978-0198147718. The first three books of Horace's Odes were issued together, apparently in the latter part of 23 BC. In particular word-play, literary parallels, and stylistic nuances are highlighted and discussed.
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Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 1975. 498 pgs. Reprint. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is scuffed, worn and chipped). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The appearance of this commentary is a notable event in the world of Horatian scholarship. Only one book of the Odes is considered, there is no Latin text and no discussion of manuscripts; but for these very reasons the authors have been able to include more information, more illustrative.
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This hardcover book is a commentary on Horace's Odes, Book III. Written by R. G. M. Nisbet and N. Rudd, it is a literary criticism textbook published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated in 2004. The book measures 8.5 inches in length, 5.2 inches in width, and 1.1 inches in height. It weighs 22.2 ounces and has 420 pages. The book is written in English and is classified under the categories of Books & Magazines, Textbooks, Education & Reference, and Textbooks.
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Title: Horace Odes III Dulce Periculum. These poems should, therefore, interest historians as poetic presentations of an ideology, and students of literature as the work of a man who found ways of praising while asserting his independence.
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Author: R. G. M. Nisbet, Niall Rudd. 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.
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