Satires
By: Horace ; translated by John Svarlien ; introduction and notes by David Mankin
Contributors: Svarlien, John; Mankin, David
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781603848442; 9781603848459
Work titles: Satirae
Description: The Satires of Horace offer a hodgepodge of genres and styles: philosophy and bawdry; fantastic tales and novelistic vignettes; portraits of the poet, his contemporaries, and his predecessors; jibes, dialogue, travelogue, rants, and recipes; and poetic effects in a variety of modes. For all their apparent lightheartedness, however, the poems both illuminate and bear the marks of a momentous event in world history, one in which Horace himself played an active role-the death of the Roman Republic and the birth of the Principate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.