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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Satirae Satirae Horace The Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-3 B.C.), known in English as Horace, was also the most famous lyric poet of his age. Written in the troubled decade ending with … OL15249113W
Heroides Heroides Ovid,Kennedy,Arthur Palmer Index of proper names appended OL16752749W
A companion to Ovid A companion to Ovid Peter E. Knox This companion to Ovid features more than 30 newly commissioned essays dealing with such topics as production, genre, and style. It presents interpretive essays on key poems and collections of poems,… OL16929091W
Horace A Poet For A New Age Horace A Poet For A New Age Keith MacLennan v, 194 p. : 25 cm OL17392196W
Renaissance postscripts Renaissance postscripts Paul White "Ovid's Heroides, a collection consisting mainly of poetic love letters sent by mythological heroines to their absent lovers, held a particular fascination for Renaissance readers. To understand thei… OL18606547W
Horace Horace Randall L. B. McNeill "Traditional views of Horace seek to present the poet as a consistent, vivid personality who stands behind and orchestrates the diverse "Horatian" writings that have come down to us. In recent years,… OL221270W
Carmina Carmina Horace "The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of technique have often proved elusive, especially when - as has usually been the c… OL88217W
Metamorphoses Metamorphoses Ovid Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by lov… OL97777W