Horace : a life / / Peter Levi
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| Autore: |
Levi Peter
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| Titolo: |
Horace : a life / / Peter Levi
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Tauris Park Paperbacks, , 2012 |
| ©1997 | |
| Edizione: | New paperback edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 871/.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Poets, Latin |
| Soggetto geografico: | Rome Intellectual life |
| Rome History Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D Biography | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Appendix; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The work of the great Roman poet, Horatius Flaccus (65 BC to 8 BC), spanned all aspects of Roman life: politics, the arts, religion, and the authority of the emperor, while his legendary poems (Satires, Odes, Epistles) about friendship, philosophy, love and sex still have considerable appeal. This biography attempts to present a complete picture of Horace's life and world. It considers the details of Horace's romantic liaisons and why he never married, what the status of his father - a freedman - meant to the poet, and his distinctive brand of philosophy. In this acclaimed biography, Peter Lev |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Horace |
| ISBN: | 0-85773-289-7 |
| 0-85772-153-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786859203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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