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This volume centres on a detailed analysis of the whole corpus of Horace's work by Edward Courtney ( Satires ), Elaine Fantham ( Epistles I and Odes IV), Hans-Christian Günther ( Epodes , Odes I - III, Carmen Saeculare and Epistles II) and Tobias Reinhardt ( Ars Poetica ). The latter is preceeded by a detailed account of Horace's life and work in general by H.-C. Günther. Two appendices on the transmission of the text (E. Courtney) and style and metre (Peter Knox) conclude the volume. It is aimed at students and scholars of classical and modern literature who seek comprehensive orientation on all aspects of Horace's work. All quotations from Latin and Greek are translated.
List of contents
Preface
1. Horace's Life and Work, Hans-Christian Günther
2. The Two Books of Satires, Edward Courtney
3. The Book of Iambi, Hans-Christian Günther
4. The First Collection of Odes: Carmina I - III, Hans-Christian Günther
5. The First Book of Letters, Elaine Fantham
6. The Carmen Saeculare, Hans-Christian Günther
7. The Fourth Book of Odes, Elaine Fantham
8. The Second Book of Letters, Hans-Christian Günther
9. The Ars Poetica, Tobias Reinhardt
10. Language, Style, and Metre in Horace, Peter E. Knox
11. The Transmission of the Text of Horace, Edward Courtney
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Hans-Christian Günther is Professor of Classics at the University of Freiburg. He has published extensively on Augustan Poetry (i.a.
Brill's Companion to Propertius), Ancient and modern Greek poetry and philosophy. He is also the author of numerous verse translations from Latin, Italian, Modern Greek and Georgian.
Contributors: Edward Courtney, Elaine Fantham, Hans-Christian Günther, Peter Knox, Tobias Reinhardt
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" Insgesamt ist der Companion sehr zu empfehlen: Einsteiger auf dem Gebiet der Horazforschung oder der augusteischen Dichtung, für die alle Zitate auch in Übersetzung angeführt sind, werden eine verläßliche Orientierung zu den verschiedenen Gattungen sowie zu fast allen Gedichten finden; aber auch Kenner der Materie werden zahlreiche neue und stimulierende Einblicke gewinnen können. " Johannes Breuer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.12.09
