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Horace's Carmen saeculare : ritual magic and the poet's art /

"This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 B.C.E. for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circumstances of presentation are known, and it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Putnam, Michael C. J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2000]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Ch. 2. Horatian Background
  • Ch. 3. The Carmen Saeculare
  • Ch. 4. Horatian Hymn and the Carmen Saeculare
  • Ch. 5. Horace and the Hellenic Heritage
  • Ch. 6. The Carmen Saeculare and Latin Poetry
  • Ch. 7. The Carmen Seculare and Carmina.