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Quintus Horatius Flaccus Lot of 2  Poetry Essays & Short Works in 2 MP3 Audio CD

Quintus Horatius Flaccus 
(65 BCE - 8 BCE)


Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. The rhetorician Quintillian regarded his Odes as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words." Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (Sermones and Epistles) and caustic iambic poetry (Epodes). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstrings". Some of his iambic poetry has seemed repulsive to modern audiences. His career coincided with Rome's momentous change from Republic to Empire. An officer in the republican army defeated at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he was befriended by Octavian's right-hand man in civil affairs, Maecenas, and became a spokesman for the new regime. For some commentators, his association with the regime was a delicate balance in which he maintained a strong measure of independence (he was "a master of the graceful sidestep"), but for others he was, in John Dryden's phrase, "a well-mannered court slave".

Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare
Translated by W. F. Masom, Andrew Wood et al.
Read by Leni
Running Time:1:58:26 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
The Ars Poetica, by Horace, also known as Epistula ad Pisones, is a treatise on poetry written in the form of a letter, and published around 18 B.C. In it, Horace defines and exemplifies the nature, scope and correct way of writing poetry. This work, inspired by the book of the same name by Aristotle, is one of the most influential in Latin literature, and the source of famous concepts in poetics, such as "in medias res" and "ut pictura poesis". The text itself is a poem in 476 dactilic hexameters.

The Carmen Saeculare, or "Song of the Ages", is a hymn written by Horace in 17 b.C. for the Ludi saeculares of the same year. It is believed that the poem was commissioned by the Emperor Augustus and sung by a choir of young men and women during the opening ceremony of the Games of the Century, a religious celebration that happened in Rome once every saeculum (century). The saeculum was considered to be the maximum length of a human life, which means the Games happened once every generation. The poem was written is nineteen sapphic stanzas, and in an elevated and religious tone.

1 - Latin - Ars Poetica
2 - English Prose: The Art of Poetry - Part 1, trans. Masom & Watt
3 - English Prose: The Art of Poetry - Part 2 trans. Masom & Watt
4 - English Verse: The Art of Poetry - Part 1, trans. Andrew Wood
5 - English Verse: The Art of Poetry - Part 2, trans. Andrew Wood
6 - Latin - Carmen Saeculare
7 - English - Carmen Saeculare

The Odes and Carmen Saeculare
Translated by John Conington (1825 - 1869)
Read by Multiple Readers
Running Time:04:28:08 in 1 MP3 Audio CD
Flawlessly hammered out, as if from eternal bronze—"aere perennius"—The Odes of Horace are the consummate expression of the pride, the reserve, the tragic playfulness, the epicurean calm, the absolute distinction of the Imperial Roman spirit. A few lines taken at random and learned by heart would act as a talisman in all hours to drive away the insolent pressure of the vulgar and common crowd.

001 - The Prefaces
002 - Book I - I - Maecenas Atavis
003 - Book I - II - Jam Satis Terris
004 - Book I - III - Sic Te Diva
005 - Book I - IV - Solvitur Acris Hiems
006 - Book I - V - Quis Multa Gracilis
007 - Book I - VI - Scriberis Vario
008 - Book I - VII - Laudabunt Alii
009 - Book I - VIII - Lydia, Dic Per Omnes
010 - Book I - IX - Vides Ut Alta
011 - Book I - X - Mercuri Facunde
012 - Book I - XI - Tu Ne Quaesieris
013 - Book I - XII - Quem Virum Aut Heroa
014 - Book I - XIII - Cum tu, Lydia d
015 - Book I - XIV - O Navis, Referent
016 - Book I - XV - Pastor Cum Traheret
017 - Book I - XVI - O Matre Pulchra
018 - Book I - XVII - Velox Amoenum
019 - Book I - XVIII - Nullam, Vare
020 - Book I - XIX - Mater Saeva Cupidinum
021 - Book I - XX - Vile Potabis
022 - Book I - XXI - Dianam Tenerae
023 - Book I - XXII - Integer Vitae
024 - Book I - XXIII - Vitas Hinnuleo
025 - Book I - XXIV - Quis Desiderio
026 - Book I - XXVI - Musis Amicus
027 - Book I - XXVII - Natis in Usum
028 - Book I - XXVIII - Te Maris et Terra
029 - Book I - XXIX - Icci, Beatis
030 - Book I - XXX - O Venus
031 - Book I - XXXI - Quid Dedicatum
032 - Book I - XXXII - Poscimur
033 - Book I - XXXIII - Albi, Ne Doleas
034 - Book I - XXXIV - Parcus Deorum
035 - Book I - XXXV - O Diva, Gratum
036 - Book I - XXXVI - Et Thure, et Fidibus
037 - Book I - XXXVII - Nunc Est Bibendum
038 - Book I - XXXVIII - Persicos Odi
039 - Book II - I - Motum Ex Metello
040 - Book II - II - Nullus Argento
041 - Book II - III - Aequam, Memento
042 - Book II - IV - Ne Sit Ancillae
043 - Book II - VI - Septimi, Gades
044 - Book II - VII - O Saepe Mecum
045 - Book II - VIII - Ulla Si Juris
046 - Book II - IX - Non Semper Imbres
047 - Book II - X - Rectius Vives
048 - Book II - XI - Quid Bellicosus
049 - Book II - XII - Nolis Longa Ferae
050 - Book II - XIII - Ille et Nefasto
051 - Book II - XIV - Eheu, Fugaces
052 - Book II - XV - Jam Pauca Aratro
053 - Book II - XVI - Otium Divos
054 - Book II - XVII - Cur Me Querelis
055 - Book II - XVIII - Non Ebur
056 - Book II - XIX - Bacchum in Remotis
057 - Book II - XX - Non Usitata
058 - Book III - I - Odi Profanum
059 - Book III - II - Angustam Amice
060 - Book III - III - Justum et Tenacem
061 - Book III - IV - Descende Caelo
062 - Book III - V - Caelo Tonantem
063 - Book III - VI - Delicta Majorum
064 - Book III - VII - Quid Fles, Asterie
065 - Book III - VIII - Martiis Coelebs
066 - Book III - IX - Donec Gratus Eram
067 - Book III - X - Extremum Tanain
068 - Book III - XI - Mercuri, Nam Te
069 - Book III - XII - Miserarum Est
070 - Book III - XIII - O Fons Bandusiae
071 - Book III - XIV - Herculis Rito
072 - Book III - XV - Uxor Pauperis Ibyci
073 - Book III - XVI - Inclusam Danaen
074 - Book III - XVII - Aeli Vetusto
075 - Book III - XVIII - Faune, Nympharum
076 - Book III - XIX - Quantum Distat
077 - Book III - XXI - O Nate Mecum
078 - Book III - XXII - Montium Custos
079 - Book III - XXIII - Coelo Supinas
080 - Book III - XXIV - Intactis Opulentior
081 - Book III - XXV - Quo Me, Bacche
082 - Book III - XXVI - Vixi Puellis
083 - Book III - XXVII - Impios Parrae
084 - Book III - XXVIII - Festo Quid Potius
085 - Book III - XXIX - Tyrrhena Regum
086 - Book III - XXX - Exegi Monumentum
087 - Book IV - I - Intermissa, Venus
088 - Book IV - II - Pindarum Quisquis
089 - Book IV - III - Quem Tu, Melpomene
090 - Book IV - IV - Qualem Ministrum
091 - Book IV - V - Divis Orte Bonis
092 - Book IV - VI - Dive, Quem Proles
093 - Book IV - VII - Diffugere Nives
094 - Book IV - VIII - Donarem Pateras
095 - Book IV - IX - Ne Forte Credas
096 - Book IV - XI - Est Mihi Nonum
097 - Book IV - XII - Jam Veris Comites
098 - Book IV - XIII - Audivere, Lyce
099 - Book IV - XIV - Quae Cura, Patrum
100 - Book IV - XV - Phoebus Volentem
101 - Carmen Saeculare

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