Inhaltsangabe
Excerpt from Horace: The Odes
All three Books refer generally to some well-known events; thus Horace is in possession of his Sabine farm, which was given him by Maecenas about 33 b.c. (i. 17; II. 13, 18; III. 13, the civil wars are over (31 bc), but the empire has not yet settled down again after the confusion (i. 2, 35; II. 1, 6; III. Augustus, first so called in 27, is entering upon the path of reform (i. 12; II. 15, 16; III. 1 - 6, and wars in Spain (ended in 19 Parthia (ended in and Scythia (ended much later) are still being waged (i. 2, 12, 19, 29, 35; II. 2, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16; III. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, But only in the few following Odes can any approximation be made to a definite date.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
