Horace's Carmen saeculare : ritual magic and the poet's art

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"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...

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Main Author: Putnam, Michael C. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2000
Subjects:
Horace. > Carmen saeculare.
Augustus, > Emperor of Rome, > 63 B.C.-14 A.D. > Art patronage.
Horace > Political and social views.
Political poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Rome.
Ritual in literature.
Magic in literature.
Rome > In literature.
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