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Author Johnson, Timothy S.

Title A symposion of praise : Horace returns to lyric in Odes IV / Timothy S. Johnson.

Publication Info. Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 320 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Wisconsin studies in classics
Wisconsin studies in classics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) and indexes.
Contents Sympotic Horace -- Encomia Nobilium and Horace's panegyric praxis -- Encomia Augusti, "take one" -- Songs of Mo(u)rning -- Encomia Augusti, "take two."
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Summary Annotation Horace's later lyric poetry, Odes IV, which focuses on praising Augustus, the imperial family, and other political insiders, has often been treated more as propaganda than art. Timothy Johnson examines the richly textured ambiguities of Odes IV that engage the audience in the communal or sympotic formulation of Horace's praise.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Horace. Carmina. Liber 4.
Horace. Carmina.
Horace. Carmina. Liber 4.
Carmina (Horace)
Laudatory poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
Laudatory poetry, Latin.
Lyric poetry -- History and criticism.
Lyric poetry.
Odes, Latin -- History and criticism.
Odes, Latin.
Praise in literature.
Praise in literature.
Rome -- In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Johnson, Timothy S. Symposion of praise. Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004025227
ISBN 9780299207434 (electronic book)
0299207439 (electronic book)
0299207404 (alkaline paper)
9780299207403 (alkaline paper)