| #1863717 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1995-10-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.32 x.75 x4.84l,.78 | File type: PDF | 332 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| David Mankin's commentary on Horace's Epodes|By Eustathios|This is a review of David Mankin's commentary on the Epodes of Horace for the Cambridge green and yellow series. The Epodes are a short series of 17 Latin language poems ranging in length from 16 to 102 lines each. These poems are distinguished from Horace's Odes by their firm grounding in the iambic tradition and meter|Language Notes|Text: English, Greek, Latin||"In his comprehensive textual commentary Mankin addresses a variety of needs and interests--grammer and syntax, versification and poetic figures, linguistic and cultural explicati
Horace's book of Epodes consists of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the meter traditionally associated with lampoon. David Mankin's introduction and commentary examines all aspects of Horace's relationship with his models and of the technical accomplishment of his verse, and places the Epodes firmly in their literary and historical context while also giving help with linguistic problems. Students and scholars alike will welcome this commentary, the o...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Horace: Epodes (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) | Horace. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
