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Satires Of Horace & Persius

Name: Satires Of Horace & Persius
Author: Horace

Auteur: Horace

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Horace Persius

Engels
Paperback
9780140455083
29 september 2005
216 pagina's

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Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus was born in 6 B.C. at Venusia in Apulia. His father, though once a slave, had made enough money as an auctioneer to send his son to a well-known school in Rome and subsequently to university in Athens. There Horace joined Brutus’ army and served on his staff until the defeat at Philippi in 42 BC. On returning to Rome, he found that his father was dead and his property had been confiscated, but he succeeded in obtaining a secretarial post in the treasury, which gave him enough to live on. The poetry he wrote in the next few years impressed Virgil, who introduced him to the great patron Maecenas in 38 BC. This event marked the beginning of a life-long friendship. From now on Horace had no financial worries; he moved freely among the leading poets and statesmen of Rome; his work was admired by Augustus, and indeed after Virgil’s death in 19 BC he was virtually Poet Laureate. Horace died in 8 BC, only a few months after Maecenas.

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The Satires of Horace (65-8 BC), written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus' 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. Both works have had a powerful influence on later Western literature, inspiring poets from Ben Jonson and Alexander Pope to W. H. Auden and Robert Frost. The Satires of Persius (AD 34-62) are highly idiosyncratic, containing a courageous attack on the poetry and morals of his wealthy contemporaries - even the ruling emperor, Nero.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 29 september 2005
Aantal pagina's: 216
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Horace
Tweede Auteur: Persius
Hoofduitgeverij: Peng

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Eerste Vertaler: Niall Rudd

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Editie: New title
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 133 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 203 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 129 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 198 mm
Verpakking lengte: 22 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 211 g

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EAN: 9780140455083

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Taal: Engels
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