Author: Horace

Brand: Penguin

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint, Translation

Binding: Paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 256

Release Date: 27-12-2005

Part Number: 9780140455083

Details: Inspiring poets from Ben Jonson and Alexander Pope to W. H. Auden and Robert Frost, the writings of Horace and Persius have had a powerful influence on later Western literature. The Satires of Persius are highly idiosyncratic, containing a courageous attack on the poetry and morals of his wealthy contemporaries—even the ruling emperor, Nero. The Satires of Horace, written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus’s regime, provide an amusing treatment of men’s perennial enslavement to money, power, glory, and sex. Epistles I, addressed to the poet’s friends, deals with the problem of achieving contentment amid the complexities of urban life, while Epistles II and the Ars Poetica discuss Latin poetry—its history and social functions, and the craft required for its success.

EAN: 9780140455083

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches

Languages: English, Latin