Horace / by Theodore Martin
1870, First Edition. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #444601
Physical description; ix, 203 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; 1. Birth -- Education -- Campaign with Brutus and Cassius -- 2. Returns to Rome after Battle of Philippi -- Early poems -- 3. Introduction to Maecenas -- The journey to Brundusium -- 4. Publication of first book of satires -- His friends -- Receives the Sabine farm from Maecenas -- 5. Life in Rome -- Horace's bore -- Extravagance of the Roman dinners -- 6. Horace's love-poetry -- 7. Horace's poems to his friends -- His praises of contentment -- 8. Prevailing belief in astrology -- Horace's views of a hereafter -- Relations with Maecenas -- Belief in the permanence of his own fame -- 9. Horace's relations with Augustus -- His love of independence -- 10. Delicacy of Horace's health -- His cheerfulness -- Love of books -- His philosophy practical -- Epistle to Augustus -- Death. Subjects; Horace. Horace Criticism and interpretation. Horace Studies. Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65 B.C.-8 B.C. Critical Study Biographical Details Analysis.
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