Horace: A Very Short Introduction

Description

This book examines the career of the Roman poet Horace, one of the greatest writers in Roman literature. It introduces his poetry with illustrations from all his works, and contextualises his career in Greek and Roman literary tradition and within the tumultuous events of his life as civil war gave way to the reign of the first emperor Augustus.

• A comprehensive yet accessible and concise introduction to the complex topic of Horace's poetry, designed to be read and understood by a wide readership
• Contextualises Horace's career in the Greek and Roman literary tradition and within the tumultuous events of his life as civil war gave way to the reign of the first emperor Augustus
• Explores a topic of historical interest as Horace was a significant figure in Augustan Rome, and his poetry more recently a central feature of European culture
• Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over ten million copies sold worldwide

About the Author(s)

Prof Llewelyn Morgan, Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, University of Oxford

Llewelyn Morgan has taught Greek and Roman languages and literature at Brasenose College for 25 years, and before that at University College Dublin. He has published books on Virgil, Ovid, poetic metre, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, and nineteenth-century archaeology in North-West India, and articles on many aspects of Greco-Roman literature. He is particularly active in promoting Classics in schools, and has also made regular appearances in Classics-related radio programmes. Morgan is the author of Ovid: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2020).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1:Satire
2:Epodes
3:Odes
4:Epistles
5:Horace after Horace
Further reading
Index