The odes of Horace
By: a translation by David Ferry.
Contributors: Ferry, David.; Horace.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Horace -- Translations into English; Laudatory poetry, Latin -- Translations into English; Verse satire, Latin -- Translations into English; Rome -- Poetry
Description: A new bilingual translation of the works of a Roman poet, with Latin and English versions on facing pages. In Discipline, one reads, "Sweet and proper it is to die for your country / But Death would just as soon come after him / Who runs away."
Notes: English and Latin.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-331).
"Carmen saeculare": p. 314-319.