Horace: His Life, Friendships and Philosophy as Told by Himself in Unrhymed Metrical TranslationEvening post job printing house, 1904 - 215 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page 5
... father ; relations to Maecenas , etc .... 16-25 Ode 3 . IV . To Calliope - A poetic reminiscence of child- hood .... .24-27 " 2 . XIII . On his escape from a falling tree .. 26-27 3 . VIII . To Maecenas - The anniversary of the tree ...
... father ; relations to Maecenas , etc .... 16-25 Ode 3 . IV . To Calliope - A poetic reminiscence of child- hood .... .24-27 " 2 . XIII . On his escape from a falling tree .. 26-27 3 . VIII . To Maecenas - The anniversary of the tree ...
Page 17
... Father ; His relations with Maecenas ; Home - life , etc. ) You , never , Maecenas , because of all Lydians that may have The borders - Etruscan inhabited , none are more high - born , Nor yet for the grandsires - claim'd through both ...
... Father ; His relations with Maecenas ; Home - life , etc. ) You , never , Maecenas , because of all Lydians that may have The borders - Etruscan inhabited , none are more high - born , Nor yet for the grandsires - claim'd through both ...
Page 19
... father - illustrious claimed I , nor yet that On steed - Satureian around my estates I paraded ; For just what I was , did I state . You , pursuing your custom , Said little . I left you , till nine months thereafter com- manded Your ...
... father - illustrious claimed I , nor yet that On steed - Satureian around my estates I paraded ; For just what I was , did I state . You , pursuing your custom , Said little . I left you , till nine months thereafter com- manded Your ...
Page 21
... father , himself , was my guard incorruptible , ' midst all Preceptors , and aye with me present- Why words though ? Thus chaste ( as The first honor due unto virtue ) he saved me ; not only In actual fact , but as well from base ...
... father , himself , was my guard incorruptible , ' midst all Preceptors , and aye with me present- Why words though ? Thus chaste ( as The first honor due unto virtue ) he saved me ; not only In actual fact , but as well from base ...
Page 25
... father and grandfather - uncle , to boot - had been , ever . 130 9 * FROM ODE 3. IV . ( TO CALLIOPE ; A poetic Reminiscence of Infancy . ) * * * * * * Me , once , upon Vultur , Apulia's mountain— Both home , and Apulian nurse , then ...
... father and grandfather - uncle , to boot - had been , ever . 130 9 * FROM ODE 3. IV . ( TO CALLIOPE ; A poetic Reminiscence of Infancy . ) * * * * * * Me , once , upon Vultur , Apulia's mountain— Both home , and Apulian nurse , then ...
Common terms and phrases
aetas alike ancient Apulia atque better Bibliophile Brundusium Caesar CARM Catullus charm classical Cocceius concerned Conington Dulce e'en e'er Epistle Epode Exegi fair faithful famous father Flaccus fortune friends Fuscus gods haec haply Horace Horace's Horatian Horatian poems Horatius interest language Latin Libitina likewise Lucanian Maecenas matter may'st Melpomene metre metrical form midst mihi namque ne'er neque nunc o'er omnes once original perhaps Pisos poet poet's poetic poetry praise pray present prose Pyrrha quae Quam quid quidquid Quintus Horatius Flaccus quis quod rendering rhymed translation Roman Rome Sabine Farm Satire satis sine Sinuessa Sir Theodore Sir Theodore Martin Suetonius sufficiently sundry t'is tamen Tarentum thee Theodore Martin things thou tibi Tibur tion truly ulmo unrhymed usque Varius Vergil verses what's whilst Wickham wine words writings ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 191 - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
Page 84 - Hoc erat in votis : modus agri non ita magnus, Hortus ubi et tecto vicinus jugis aquae fons Et paulum silvae super his foret. Auctius atque Di melius fecere. Bene est. Nil amplius oro, Maia nate, nisi ut propria haec mihi munera in x is.
Page 70 - Marsus aper plagas. me doctarum hederae praemia frontium dis miscent superis, me gelidum nemus nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori secernunt populo, si neque tibias Euterpe cohibet nee Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton. quodsi me lyricis vatibus inseres, sublimi feriam sidera vertice.
Page 12 - EXEGI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam. Usque ego postera Crescam laude recens, dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita Virgine pontifex.
Page 210 - Informes hiemes reducit 15 luppiter, idem Summovet. Non, si male nunc, et olim Sic erit : quondam cithara tacentem Suscitat musam neque semper arcum Tendit Apollo. 20 Rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare ; sapienter idem Contrahes vento nimium secundo Turgida vela.
Page 32 - Academi quaerere verum. 45 dura sed emovere loco me tempora grato, civilisque rudem belli tulit aestus in arma Caesaris Augusti non responsura lacertis. unde simul primum me dimisere Philippi, decisis humilem pennis inopemque paterni...
Page 68 - Luctantem Icariis fluctibus Africum Mercator metuens, otium et oppidi Laudat rura sui : mox reficit rates Quassas, indocilis pauperiem pati.
Page 72 - Sive mutata juvenem figura Ales in terris imitaris, almae Filius Maiae, patiens vocari Caesaris ultor : Serus in caelum redeas diuque Laetus intersis populo Quirini ; Neve te nostris vitiis iniquum Ocior aura Tollat: hie magnos potius triumphos, Hie ames dici pater atque princeps, Neu sinas Medos equitare inultos Te duce, Caesar.
Page 52 - Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens insanientis dum sapientiae consultus erro, nunc retrorsum vela dare atque iterare cursus cogor relictos...
Page 108 - Iratus : quis enim invitum servare laboret ? Hoc quoque te manet, ut pueros elementa docentem Occupet extremis in vicis balba senectus.