A Commentary on Horace Odes, Book I [Paperback]

Horace'sOdesare among the most popular and the most misunderstood of ancient writings. In this new paperback edition, the authors discuss each ode against its Greek and Roman background to ensure a clearer understanding of its classical and scholarly nature. The commentary includes a large number of parallel passages--showing how Horace plays new variations on old themes--sections on chronology and meter, and a select bibliography for each ode.

The erudition of Professor Nisbet and Miss Hubbard is combined with wit and clear thinking, and the result is a work which will delight all who care for scholarship and literature...[their] commentary is a work of the highest quality. --Classical Review

A great commentary of lasting importance and an essential possession for anyone seriously interested in ancient poetry. --Journal of Roman Studies

The appearance of this commentary is a notable event in the world of Horatian scholarship. Only one book of theOdesis considered, there is no Latin text and no discussion of manuscripts; but for these very reasons the authors have been able to include more information, more illustrative material, and more scholarly argument than any of their predecessors. --Hermathena

R. G. M. Nisbet, Corpus Christi Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Oxford, andMargaret Hubbard, formerly Fellow, St Anne's College, Oxford