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| |title= [[The Odes]] | | |title= [[The Odes]] |
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| |section= Book I | | |section= Book I |
| |notes= Translated by [[A. S. Kline]] | | |notes= <small><span class="plainlinks">[http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Carmina_(Horatius)_I,_I Latin original text]</span> - [[fr.ws:Ode I.1 - À Mécène|French Ulysse de Séguier's translation]]</small> |
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| | === Book I === |
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/1|The Dedication: To Maecenas]] | | # [[The Odes/Book I/1|The Dedication: To Maecenas]] |
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/18|Wine]] | | # [[The Odes/Book I/18|Wine]] |
| # [[The Odes/Book I/19|Glycera’s Beauty]] | | # [[The Odes/Book I/19|Glycera’s Beauty]] |
| # [[The Odes/Book I/19|To Maecenas]] | | # [[The Odes/Book I/20|To Maecenas]] |
| # [[The Odes/Book I/20|Hymn to Diana]] | | # [[The Odes/Book I/21|Hymn to Diana]] |
| # [[The Odes/Book I/22| Singing of Lalage (Integer Vitae)]] | | # [[The Odes/Book I/22| Singing of Lalage (Integer Vitae)]] |
| # [[The Odes/Book I/23| Chloë, Don’t Run.]] | | # [[The Odes/Book I/23| Chloë, Don’t Run.]] |
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/38| The Simple Myrtle]] | | # [[The Odes/Book I/38| The Simple Myrtle]] |
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| == Index of First Lines == | | === Index of First Lines === |
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| Maecenas, descendant of royal ancestors,6
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| The Father’s sent enough dread hail7
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| May the goddess, queen of Cyprus,9
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| Fierce winter slackens its grip: it’s spring and the west wind’s sweet ……11
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| What slender boy, Pyrrha, drowned in liquid perfume,12
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| You should be penned as brave, and a conqueror13
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| Let others sing in praise of Rhodes, or Mytilene,14
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| Lydia, by all the gods,16
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| See how Soracte stands glistening with snowfall,17
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| Mercury, eloquent grandson of Atlas,18
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| Leuconoë, don’t ask, we never know, what fate the gods grant us,19
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| What god, man, or hero do you choose to praise. 20
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| When you, Lydia, start to praise. 22
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| O ship the fresh tide carries back to sea again.23
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| While Paris, the traitorous shepherd, her guest,24
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| O lovelier child of a lovely mother,26
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| Swift Faunus, the god, will quite often exchange. 27
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| Cultivate no plant, my Varus, before the rows of sacred vines,28
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| Cruel Venus, Cupid’s mother,29
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| Come and drink with me, rough Sabine in cheap cups,30
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| O tender virgins sing, in praise of Diana,31
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| The man who is pure of life, and free of sin,32
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| You run away from me as a fawn does, Chloë,33
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| What limit, or restraint, should we show at the loss. 34
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| Now the young men come less often, violently. 35
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| Friend of the Muses, I’ll throw sadness and fear36
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| To fight with wine-cups intended for pleasure. 37
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| You, my Archytas, philosopher, and measurer of land,38
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| of the sea, of wide sands, are entombed. 38
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| Iccius, are you gazing with envy, now,40
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| O Venus, the queen of Cnidos and Paphos,41
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| What is the poet’s request to Apollo?. 42
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| I’m called on. O Lyre, if I’ve ever played. 43
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| Tibullus, don’t grieve too much, when you remember44
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| Once I wandered, an expert in crazy wisdom,45
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| O goddess, who rules our lovely Antium,46
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| Now’s the time for drinking deep, and now’s the time. 49
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| My child, how I hate Persian ostentation,51
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| | === Metres Used in Book I. === |
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/1| Maecenas, descendant of royal ancestors,]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/2| The Father’s sent enough dread hail]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/3| May the goddess, queen of Cyprus,]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/4| Fierce winter slackens its grip: it’s spring and the west wind’s sweet ……]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/5| What slender boy, Pyrrha, drowned in liquid perfume,]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/6| You should be penned as brave, and a conqueror]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/7| Let others sing in praise of Rhodes, or Mytilene,]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/8| Lydia, by all the gods,]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/9| See how Soracte stands glistening with snowfall,]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/10| Mercury, eloquent grandson of Atlas,]]
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| # [[The Odes/Book I/11| Leuconoë, don’t ask, we never know, what fate the gods grant us,]]
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| == Metres Used in Book I. ==
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| The number of syllables most commonly employed in each standard line of the verse is given. This may vary slightly for effect (two beats substituted for three etc.) in a given line.
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| Alcaic Strophe: 11 (5+6) twice, 9, 10
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| used in Odes: 9,16,17,26,27,29,31,34,35,37
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| Sapphic and Adonic: 11(5+6) three times, 5
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| Odes: 2,10,12,20,22,25,30,32,38
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| First Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) all lines
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| Ode: 1
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| Second Asclepiadean: 8, 12 (6+6), alternating
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| Odes: 3,13,19,36
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| Third Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) three times, 8
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| Odes: 6,15,24,33
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| Fourth Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) twice, 7, 8
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| Odes: 5,14,21,23
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| Fifth Asclepiadean: 16 (6+4+6) all lines
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| Ode: 11, 18
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| Alcmanic Strophe: 17 (7+10) or less, 11 or less, alternating
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| Odes: 7,28
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| First Archilochian: 17 (7+10) or less, 7 alternating
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| Odes: None in Book I
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| Fourth Archilochian Strophe: 18 (7+11) or less, 11 (5+6) alternating
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| Ode: 4
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| Second Sapphic Strophe: 7, 15 (5+10) alternating
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| Ode: 8
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| Trochaic Strophe: 7,11 alternating
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| Odes: None in Book I
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| Ionic a Minore: 16 twice, 8
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| Odes: None in Book I
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| [[Category: Poetry]] | | [[Category: Poetry]] |