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Lindsay C. Watson - A Commentary on Horace´s Epodes - 9780199253241 - V9780199253241
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A Commentary on Horace´s Epodes

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Description for A Commentary on Horace´s Epodes Hardback. .
This is by far the most detailed commentary yet on Horace's Epodes. The line-by-line commentary on each epode is prefaced by a substantial interpretative essay which offers a reading of that poem and synthesises existing scholarship. These essays, the first of their kind, will provide essential critical orientation to undergraduates approaching the Epode-book for the first time. Moreover, the scale and density of the commentary will make it an invaluable resource for scholars of Latin poetry. A particular feature is the first in-depth treatment of the two lengthy magical Epodes 5 and 17. The author draws extensively on ancient magical ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
1056g
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199253241
SKU
V9780199253241
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Lindsay C. Watson
Lindsay C. Watson is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Sydney, Australia

Reviews for A Commentary on Horace´s Epodes
... this is truly a painstaking work of great scholarship and will be the authoritative commentary on the Epodes for the foreseeable future ... it will be a treasure house for readers of a very wide range of classical authors whose work impinges, however tangentially, on the Epodes ... Oxford University Press should be congratulated on the beautiful appearance of ... Read more

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