A Commentary on Horace: Odes, Book II

by R. G. M. Nisbet, Margaret Hubbard

Overview

This commentary provides the reader with the background knowledge of conventional forms and topics needed to appreciate fully every aspect of the poems. The editors focus particularly on word play, literary parallels, and stylistic nuances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198147718
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/13/1991
Series:	Clarendon Paperbacks
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Oxford University

St Anne's College, Oxford

Editorial Reviews

"The present volume fully lives up to the very high expectations aroused by the first....Its users will find it a constant source of information, criticism, stimulus, and understanding."—Journal of Roman Studies

"One cannot praise sufficiently highly the assiduous scholarship that has gone into the making of the commentary."—Bulletin of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers

"Nisbet and Hubbard have produced what will become a standard reference edition for many a long year."—Classical Review

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