{"product_id":"odes-with-the-latin-text-paperback","title":"Odes: With the Latin Text - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHorace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Michie\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eGregson Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimeless meditations on the subjects of wine, parties, birthdays, love, and friendship, Horace's \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e, in the words of classicist Donald Carne-Ross, make the \"commonplace notable, even luminous.\" This edition reproduces the highly lauded translation by James Michie. \"For almost forty years,\" poet and literary critic John Hollander notes, \"James Michie's brilliant translations of Horace have remained fresh as well as strong, and responsive to the varying lights and darks of the originals. It is a pleasure to have them newly available.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimeless meditations on the subjects of wine, parties, birthdays, love, and friendship, Horace's \"Odes, in the words of classicist Donald Carne-Ross, make the \"commonplace notable, even luminous.\" This edition reproduces the highly lauded translation by James Michie. \"For almost forty years,\" poet and literary critic John Hollander notes, \"James Michie's brilliant translations of Horace have remained fresh as well as strong, and responsive to the varying lights and darks of the originals. It is a pleasure to have them newly available.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Michie\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1927 and studied classics at Trinity College, Oxford. His other translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Poems of Catullus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVirgil's Eclogues\u003c\/i\u003e. His Collected Poems was awarded the Hawthornden Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregson Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Duke University and the author of \u003ci\u003ePolyhymnia: The Rhetoric of Horatian Lyric Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.52 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736835493951,"sku":"9780375759024","price":24.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b138bd638d675d69c0335cb117a35a8f.webp?v=1765148018","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/odes-with-the-latin-text-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}