{"title":"Horace","description":"\u003cp\u003eHorace's works offer timeless reflections on art, philosophy, and the nature of contentment. His poetry, including \u003cem\u003eOdes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSatires\u003c\/em\u003e, melds insightful observation with refined literary craft, inviting readers into the contemplative world of ancient Roman thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring themes of ethics, aesthetics, and the human condition, Horace’s writings remain influential in the study of both \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/strong\u003e. His verses continue to inspire a nuanced appreciation of life and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-be-content-by-horace-9780691182520","title":"How to Be Content","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are the secrets to a contented life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Rome's greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65-8 BCE), has been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years not only for his wit, style, and reflections on Roman society, but also for his wisdom about how to live a good life—above all else, a life of contentment in a world of materialistic excess and personal pressures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHow to Be Content\u003c\/em\u003e, Stephen Harrison, a leading authority on the poet, provides fresh, contemporary translations of poems from across Horace's works that continue to offer important lessons about the good life, friendship, love, and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLiving during the reign of Rome's first emperor, Horace drew on Greek and Roman philosophy, especially Stoicism and Epicureanism, to write poems that reflect on how to live a thoughtful and moderate life amid mindless over-consumption, how to achieve and maintain true love and friendship, and how to face disaster and death with patience and courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom memorable counsel on the pointlessness of worrying about the future to valuable advice about living in the moment, these poems, by the man who famously advised us to \u003cem\u003ecarpe diem\u003c\/em\u003e or 'harvest the day,' continue to provide brilliant meditations on perennial human problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000639504620,"sku":"9780691182520","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1812343482434.jpg?v=1763292377"},{"product_id":"odes-and-epodes-by-horace-9780674996090","title":"Odes and Epodes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poetry of Horace (born 65 BCE) is richly varied, its focus moving between public and private concerns, urban and rural settings, Stoic and Epicurean thought. Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the great Roman poet's \u003ci\u003eOdes and Epodes\u003c\/i\u003e, a fluid translation facing the Latin text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorace took pride in being the first Roman to write a body of lyric poetry. For models, he turned to Greek lyric, especially to the poetry of Alcaeus, Sappho, and Pindar; but his poems are set in a Roman context. His four books of odes cover a wide range of moods and topics. Some are public poems, upholding the traditional values of courage, loyalty, and piety; and there are hymns to the gods. But most of the odes are on private themes: chiding or advising friends; speaking about love and amorous situations, often amusingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHorace's seventeen epodes, which he called iambi, were also an innovation for Roman literature. Like the odes, they were inspired by a Greek model: the seventh-century iambic poetry of Archilochus. Love and political concerns are frequent themes; here the tone is generally that of satirical lampoons. \"In his language he is triumphantly adventurous,\" Quintilian said of Horace; this new translation reflects his different voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426679079148,"sku":"9780674996090","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674996090.jpg?v=1774767847"},{"product_id":"horace-odes-by-horace-9781853995132","title":"Horace: Odes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. This edition of the \u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in the outstanding ‘red Macmillan’ series, in which it finally replaced the late nineteenth-century edition of T.E. 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