Introduction Stephen Harrison; Part I. Orientations: 1. Horace: life and chronology Robin Nisbet; 2. Horatian self-representations Stephen Harrison; 3. Horace and archaic Greek poetry Gregory Hutchinson; 4. Horace and Hellenistic poetry Richard Thomas; 5. Horace and Roman literary history Richard Tarrant; 6. Horace and Augustus Michèle Lowrie; Part II. Poetic Genres: 7. The Epodes: Horace's Archilochus? Lindsay Watson; 8. The Satires Frances Muecke; 9. The Epistles Rolando Ferri; 10. The Ars Poetica Andrew Laird; 11. Carmina: Odes and Carmen Saeculare Alessandro Barchiesi; Part III. Poetic Themes: 12. Philosophy and ethics John Moles; 13. Gods and religion Jasper Griffin; 14. Friendship, patronage and Horatian sociopoetics Peter White; 15. Wine and the symposium Gregson Davis; 16. Erotics and gender Ellen Oliensis; 17. Town and country Stephen Harrison; 18. Poetics and literary criticism Richard Rutherford; 19. Style and poetic texture Stephen Harrison; Part IV. Receptions: 20. Ancient receptions of Horace Richard Tarrant; 21. The reception of Horace in the Middle Ages Karsten Friis-Jensen; 22. The reception of Horace in the Renaissance Michael McGann; 23. The reception of Horace in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries David Money; 24. The reception of Horace in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Stephen Harrison; Dateline for works and major political events.
In this 2007 volume a superb international cast of contributors present an assessment of Horace, his work and its themes.
Stephen Harrison is Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Corpus Christi College.
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