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Horace: Ars Poetica or Epistle To The Pisos - a new, downloadable English translation.
- Horace
Horace The Odes, Epodes, Satires, Epistles, Ars Poetica and...
- Horace
The ‘Ars Poetica,’ or the ‘Epistle to the Pisos,’ is a 476-line poem, initially written in dactylic hexameter, by the Roman poet Horace. The title ‘Ars Poetica’ means ‘The Poetic Art’ or ‘The Poet’s Skill’ in Latin.
Translator’s Note Horace fully exploited the metrical possibilities offered to him by Greek lyric verse. I have followed the original Latin metre in all cases, giving a reasonably close English version of Horace’s strict forms.
Horace The Odes, Epodes, Satires, Epistles, Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare. A new complete downloadable English translation of the Odes and other poetry translations including Lorca, Petrarch, Propertius, and Mandelshtam.
Text and Translation the full Latin text of Horace’s Ars Poetica (from Shackleton Bailey’s 2001 edition, except where indicated) 1 appears on pages xii–xli. The original text is on the left-hand pages and my own translation appears on the right. Readers less familiar with the poem will want to begin by reading it in its entirety;
13 Οκτ 2009 · He wrote his most influential critical work around the year 15 BC, towards the end of his long career as a poet. Horace’s Ars Poetica is an epistle presented as an informal letter to members of the Piso family. Originally written in dactylic hexameter, the piece is typically translated into prose.
• a good introduction on the life and works of Horace • excellent introductions to twenty individual poems selected from the four books of the Odes including the six central 'Roman' Odes • detailed notes on each poem in which Mr Matier has made critical use of standard commentaries and the most recent works of scholarship
