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Book 1 consists of 38 poems. The opening sequence of nine poems are all in a different metre, with a tenth metre appearing in 1.11. It has been suggested that poems 1.12–1.18 form a second parade, this time of allusions to or imitations of a variety of Greek lyric poets: Pindar in 1.12, Sappho in 1.13, Alcaeus in 1.14, Bacchylides in 1.15, Stesichorus in 1.16, Anacreon in 1.17, and Alcaeus ...
The last words of the ode, potenti ... maris deo ' to the god who has power over the sea ' are found in the manuscripts and in the ancient commentator Porphyrio; nonetheless, Nisbet and Hubbard in their commentary (1970), following a conjecture of Zielinski (1901), [4] suggest that the original reading may have been potenti ... maris deae ' to the goddess who has power over the sea ', i.e. Venus.
Odes 1.1, also known by its incipit, Maecenas atavis edite regibus, is the first of the Odes of Horace. [1] This ode forms the prologue to the three books of lyrics published by Horace in 23 BC and is a dedication to the poet's friend and patron, Maecenas. [2] The metre of the poem, like the final poem of book 3, is a stichic version of the ...
The modern standard name for the collection is Epodes. Deriving from the Greek epodos stichos ('verse in reply'), the term refers to a poetic verse following on from a slightly longer one. [ 1 ] Since all poems except Epode 17 are composed in such an epodic form, the term is used with some justification.
Odes 1.23, also known as Ad Chloen ('To Chloe'), or by its incipit, Vitas inuleo me similis, Chloe, is one of the Odes of Horace. The poem is written in the fourth Asclepiadean metre, and is of uncertain date; not after 23 BC.
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