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Originally published in 1998, this is a new paperback edition of Guy Lee's translation of the Odes and the Carmen Saeculare. Lee adheres to the metrical patterns of the Latin and reproduces the vigour and subtlety of the original poems. Horace cannot fail to please whether brilliantly tongue-in-cheek - '.. when you Lydia, praise Telephus and his neck (rosy pink!), Telephus and his arms (wax-smooth!) yuk, I can feel it, my liver boiling with sour bile and oedematous' (Odes 1,13) or pleasantly urbane, urging his readers to indulge in a few cups of 'innocuous Lesbian wine'.Guy Lee is the author of 'Horace Odes and Carmen Saeculare (Latin and Greek Texts, 8)', published 1999 under ISBN 9780905205960 and ISBN 0905205960.
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