Horace`s "Carmen Saeculare": Ritual Magic and the Poet`s Art
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Book Details
Author(s)
Michael Putnam
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN / ASIN
0300083335
ISBN-13
9780300083330
Sales Rank
#3,908,611
Category
Literary Criticism
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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.
