Horace's Carmen saeculare
ritual magic and the poet's art
by Michael C. J. Putnam
"This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 B.C.E. for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circumstances of presentation are known, and it is the only lyric by Horace that we can be certain was first presented orally. Michael C. J.
Putnam offers a close and sensitive reading of this hymn shedding new light on the richness and virtuosity of its poetry, on the many sources Horace drew on, and on the poem's power and significance as a public ritual."--BOOK JACKET.
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Art patronage, History and criticism, In literature, Latin Political poetry, Magic in literature, Political and social views, Political poetry, Latin, Politics and literature, Ritual in literature, Augustus, emperor of rome, 63 b.c.-14 a.d., Political poetry, history and criticism, Rome, politics and government, Latin poetry, history and criticism, Rome, in literaturePlaces
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Horace`s "Carmen Saeculare": Ritual Magic and the Poet`s Art
February 1, 2001, Yale University Press
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Horace's Carmen saeculare: ritual magic and the poet's art
2000, Yale University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-177) and index.
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