Horace: Odes and Epodes; a study in poetic word-order

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XUI. Otium divos rogat in patenti Prensus Aegaeo simul atra nubes condidit lunam neque certa fulgent sidera nautis: otium bello furiosa Thrace, solium Medi pharetra decori

Grosphe non gemmis ne tu PurPura Venale neque auro. non enim gaZae neque consularis summovet lictor miseros tumultus omentis et curas laqueata circumtecta volantis. i 3 privatus 'sin contrast commune l. 4. Comparet strii at taes

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vivitur parvo bene, Cui paternum Splendet in mensa tenui salinum nec levis somnos timor aut Cupido 13 sordidus aufert. quid brevi sortes iaculamur ACUO multa quid terras alio calentis Sol mutamus patriae quis exul Se quoque fugit stoscandit aeratas vitioSa navis Cur ne turma equitum relinquit, Ocior Corvis et agente nimbos ocior EUTO.

2I, 22. aerataS... Cura for the roupin See o P. . The juxtapositiono the adjective is, I belleve, o importance illi regard to the interpretation. Horace Say that things of bronge aeratas are the object of Somethingvitiosa i. e. sullis flawS,' produciniflaws,' cankering ' Comparet e I. 18 4mor a S. . . Sollicitudines, and 2. II. 8 ιras e facis Orelli translate vitiosa by morbid. For the position os cura See nide 3. 7. S. 23, 24 Ocior CerViS. . . Euro these ord are emphati addenda se on

agente . . . Euro so the grouping illi intrusive ocior Seein P. 46 a.

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laetus in pracscias ira inus quos ultra i ori curare C amara lento

te in I wrct risu nihil est ab omni

parte beatulia.

abstulit clam in cita mors Achillem longa Tithonum in inuit CriCctus, o et mihi forsan tibi quin nCgarit. IUrriget hora. te roges centum Siculaeque circum

mugiunt vaccae tibi tollit hinnitum apta quadrigis equa te bis isto as

murice tinctae vestiunt lanae mihi Parva rura et spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non menda dedit et malignum

sanae se on '. oh clari ... Achillem so the grotapin See P. o. cita 'ὶ contras Io a Is os l. O and compare Sat. I. I. 8 momento cita mors veni aut et ictoria Luta. 3o longa s): contrast ita ' ab ave and comparem OLD 3. II. 38.3i tibi precedes the relative in contraSt to ni tr. 32. hora sor it position se Onita. I. 3. 6. 33. te comes early in contras to mihi os l. 7. te greges note the case relations rouped early See On I. a. 73. Roman an ait sor sonae ord like cinctin or circumdant. UltimatelyHorace overias te by circum. The method has iis angers, a Pope ho swhen he writes, Se Pan with ocks, illi fruit Pomona Crowned. greges centum 'st Siculaeque ...Vaccae note the chiasmus givin Stressio b illi ad)ectiveS. Large pastu res in f IF mPl great wealth. Moreoverse LM is et with bothir es and vaccae. Seein P. 33. 34. Vaccae so the position se onides I. 3. 6. 33. bis si has emphasis. O the value and methodis wice dippin see Mayor O Juvenal l. 27. Afro p has stress the Gaetulia Pu te a samous. 36, 37. tinctae vestiunt lanae: See o P. I.

37. mihi comes early in i ntrast O te Os l. 33. rura et Me nides i. S. 3 λ

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IO HORACE

XVII.

Cur me querellis exanimas tuis 'nec dis amicum est nec mihi te prius

- . integer ille dies utramque ducet ruinam. non ego perfidum diX Sacramentum ibimus, ibimus, oUtCUmqUC PraCCedeS, Supremum icarpere iter Comite Parati. me nec Chimaerae Spiritus igneae,nOC, Si CSUrgat, centi manus Gyas divellet umquam : Si potenti 5 Iustitiae placitumque arciS.

38. Spiritum ... Camenae so the groupin See o P. 4.39. Parca non mendaX See o P. 29.

Odes 2. 4. 23.

me sirought sorwar on the principi noted a P. I. Chimaerae s i logica subjeci Seein P. 38. Chimaerae spiritus igneae so the groti Pin Seein P. Oa.

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sormidulosus Pars vi Olciatior natalis horae seu tyrannus Hesperiae Ca I ricornus inclaC, Io

ui itaque nostrum incredibili modo

cora sciati astrum te Iovis impio tutela Saturno refulgens eripuit volucrisque satitardavit alas cum Oseulus frequens stactum theatris ter crepuit sonum: me truncus illapsus Crebro sustulerat, nisi Faunus ictumia. resurgat is solio ed by a suture iveit compare Odes 3 3 7 8.centimanus ' i. e. the hundred han is os Gyas ' se On P. 27. - umquam has emphasis. potenti i. e. po e ut, o sectile. 16. placitumque sor iis position se onides I. y 6.

i8. formidulosus is a long word in a positionis tres. semon des 4 9 26ὶt describe a scarsonae thing compare nido . 7. See o P. I. I I9. pars violentio natalis horae the groupiniis rare S in P. 4 43, It is usi possibi that pars violentior, lilae pars retia et c. may be sell

natalis 'ὶ in Horace this ord is always preposited ascit is, With sonae-What rare exceptions in ali Latin here the Mord hora an tempus occur. I9, O tyrannus is a quasi- adjective τυρQννειων , S at Odes 3. 7. 9: the grota pinu Frannus...undae is heresore that os P. . 2I. utrimque nostrum these ord are ut early sor em Phasis goas a Dir, Says Horace through lite, and cyon l. ineredibili st has emphasi S. 22. Strum sor it position e Oniae s . . itate Iovis impio note the early moupin os case relations se on des i. a. 7 . The person concerned a re ou Jove, and the evit One. te sor it positio se ora P. i. It is also in contraSt O nt Os l. 27. Iovis lit): See o P. 38. 22, 23 impio. . . refulgens the rotiPin See o P. 27. Saturno x sirst illi refulcens and then illi eripui I. 24, 2S. Volucri ue ... alas: O the grOuping ith the intrusive verbiseeon P. 46 a. 26. laetum D is in effect an emphati ad veri, scein P. I . A Romanu ould read thus: the throngin populac ali joyotist in the theatre. ...' sonum: Orcit position se ora O. D l. 3. 6.

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IO HORACE

dextra levasset, Mercurialium Custo Virorum. reddere Victima soaedemque Otivam memento nos humilem seriem US gnRm.

XVIII.

mea renidet in domo lacunar, non trabes Hymettiae premunt Columna ultima recisas Africa, neque Attali signotus here regiam OCCUPAUi, ne Laconicas mihi trahunt honestae purpura clientRO. at fides et ingeni benigna Vena St, Pauperemque diUe io

32. humilem is): contrast the expensive victina o l. O, quae nivali fascitur Al iis O es 3. 23. See alS P. I. XVIII. This de is apparenti an experiment in metre not tway a Successsu experiment, is ne a judgei certain obscuritie of expression

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largiora flagito, satis beatus unicis Sabinis. truditur dies die is

novamu IRrgunt intcrire lunae: tu secanda marmora loca sub ipsum unus et sepulcri immemor struis domos. marisque Bais obstre Penti Urgo rosum movere litora, Parum locuples continente i Pa. . citi id quod us lue Pro X imos revellis agri terminos et ultra

Horace hastensa tellis his two out standin qualities 'eiace in en is placedoulside beni a and vena See o P. 38 and P. 43. It is possibi ais that in ni is a quasi-objective genitive illi beni γa; scio, Se On P. 3 pauperem Is i. e. thoughi r indeo l. 'la. potentem p i. e. thoughiowersui.'I4. Satis beatus C. ων i. e. uota saris Marus sum. Causa clauses may at ways Milo the principat clause comparem custos se a. 7. O .imicis s): the orde is that os numerat adjectives Horace has the ordagain orat aliaees 3. 4. The ad ver occur ati Esra. 26. . ita novae Is i.e. although ne sine at orace eginoo go the way os other Oons . The ancient poet stili prosesse to belleve thattachie in n

domos sor it Ipositio se Oniaeo l. 3. 6.zo maris ipsi is logical objectis sui morter i. e. the ea an iis hores ;S in P. 38. Moreove Horace isties Oaeep maris clos to the antitheticurram implied in domos. a a continente ripa may et be nothing ut an ablative absolute i. e. l cause the ShOre contines Ou. Eo the ablative absolute placed late ceoniaeo . i. 2 23. usque goes paraly illi proximos os o mi, a Wickliam Says ,

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limites clientium et 5 salis avarus pellitur paternos in sinu serens deos

et uxor et vir sordidOS UC nato nulla certior tamen

rapacis Orci fine destinata oaula divitem maneterum quid ultra tendis aequa tellus pauperi recluditur regumqUC PUeris, ne Satelles Orci callidum Promethea 35

reveXit auro Captus hi superbum

sordidos s): thei unkempi, uncare for Condition heightens the pictureos mi Sery. 29. nulla 's certior is): both word are emphati C. 3O. rapacis si i. e. the greed of Orcus)' Se on . 27. Orci ' : Orcus is the agent and therefore important. It is ascis Horace had writte in a parenthesis rasa enim Orcus neu iam H Iinavit se onΡ. 38). The genitive is subjective i. e. the limit se by the gree of Orcus.' fine destinata is, belleve, meret an ablative absolute. The SenSe of the passage may be state thus The oo have been evi ted an no possessno cerra sedes; ut the wealth rex is litile helter o in his alace, sor his landi ord, greed Orcus, has fixed the limitis his tenancy. But See the editors. 3I. aula: e re expectin Some Such ordis se es, of whicli aula is a picturesque an ironi Cal equivalent. divitem 's i .e. though ricli, howeve rich.' See o P. I. 32. erum lia stres. Se on des 4 9 26 an is ironical He thiniis hei maSter, ut et/im /rancisio nulli datur and this night thy oul hali berequire of thee.' aequa in i .e. equally' See o P. I. 34. regum s): contrastra EO of l. See also P. I. 33. callidum y l. e. although cunning,' sor at his cunning.336. auro Captus the word are an emphati addendum se o P. 3). The antithesis implied is e new the story, ould perhaps be Sed a set e

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vocatus atque ion vocatus audit. ο

Bacchum in remotis carni in ru ibus vidi ci Rentem cre lite IM,Steri, Nymphasque discentis et auris capripedum Satyrorum ac ut .cuhoe, recenti mens trepidat metu Pleniniue Bacchi Μrctore turbidum laetatur Euhoe Parce Liber, Parce gravi metuende thyrso l

sas pervicacis est mihi Thyiadas

vinique sontem lactis et ut re iocantare rivos atque truncis lapsa cavis iterare mella

superbum ' l.e. the pride os Tantalus ' Seein P. 27. 37. Tantali 'ὶ See On P. I. 38 39. levare iunctum pauperem laboribus the word aforibus maystandisulside iuncetum antra erem hecatis it is et with levare as et as ruitu, functum feein P. 49 and the note there nitae i. a. 23 . It is possibi et Inaa functum ' may like defunctus, mean dead' is o there is an additionalnote os bitte mess .e 'it is only hera ead that the poOr man finiis relie XIX. I, 2. Bacchum ... docentem the treScisin rentoni Is . A Romanread the topic in their order .e Bacchus in the wilds in remotis , hymiasamong the ocks carmina rupibus . The collocation os remores carmina dram attention to the wild nai se-en-schne os Bacchic Son and ance. 2. docentem comes lastri prepare iis for the antithesis discentis. 4. capripedum pὶ the position help to reminclis that the eam are eam os Dasis and theres ,re an he prichedisse a Ias). S. recenti ' - recenter sin the word elong a much to tres si a tometu. Seem P. I. metu sor it positio se Oniaeo I. 3. 6. 7. laetatur has tres. se onide 4 9 26 the wOrd comes as a stirpi se Me are expectin someth in like urbatur, confundi Iur. The poet is in awhiri but a Rhir os a nos, no Osiain. 8 gravi 's i. e. by eason of the earsomenes. of the thyrsus ' se on

9. pervicacis Is i .e. the persistence of the Thyiads ' see o P. 27.

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fas et beatae coniugis additum stellis honorem tectaque Penthei disiecta non leni ruina, I 5Thracis et e Xitium Lycurgi. tu flectis amnes, tu mare barbRrum, tu Separatis uvidus in iugis

nodo Coerces Viperino Bistonidum sine fraude Crini S. olla, Cum Pnrenti regna per arduum

cohors Gigantum canderet imPia, Rhoetum retorsisti leonis unguibus horribilique mala,

Io vini s)... lactis bos): these are the antithetical paris of the description;

24. horribili s): the adjective may go illi unx uibus also See o P. 33 ;