Horace: Satires Book I

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Horace's first book of Satires is his debut work, a document of one man's self-fashioning on the cusp between Republic and Empire and a pivotal text in the history of Roman satire. It wrestles with the problem of how to define and assimilate satire and justifies the poet's own position in a suspicious society. The commentary gives full weight to the dense texture of these poems while helping readers interpret their most cryptic aspects and appreciate their technical finesse. The introduction puts Horace in context as late-Republican newcomer and a vital figure in the development of satire and discusses the structure and meaning of Satires I, literary and philosophical influences, style, metre, transmission and Horace's rich afterlife. Each poem is followed by an essay offering overall interpretation. This work is designed for upper-level students and scholars of classics but contains much of interest to specialists in later European literature. Cover CAMBRIDGE GREEK AND LATIN CLASSICS: GENERAL EDITORS Title Copyright CONTENTS PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS 1 WORKS OF REFERENCE 2 HORACE: EDITIONS, BOOKS AND COMMENTARIES MAP INTRODUCTION 1 SATIRES I 2 HORACE AND HIS TIMES 3 HORACE AND THE HISTORY OF SATIRE Satura Origins: Ennius and others Lucilius Horatian satire Sermo: Aristophanes, Bion, Cicero 4 THE `PLOT' OF SATIRES I 5 INFLUENCES Philosophy Poetic ancestors: Homer, Ennius, Callimachus, Virgil, Lucretius 6 STYLE AND METRE 7 THE AFTERLIFE OF SATIRES I 8 TEXT AND TRANSMISSION Q. HORATI FLACCI SERMONVM LIBER PRIMVS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X COMMENTARY SATIRE 1 SATIRE 2 SATIRE 3 SATIRE 4 SATIRE 5 SATIRE 6 SATIRE 7 SATIRE 8 SATIRE 9 SATIRE 10 WORKS CITED INDEXES 1. LATIN WORDS AND NAMES 2. GENERAL