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I hate the vulgar crowd, and keep them away:5
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|I hate the vulgar crowd, and keep them away:]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Let the boy toughened by military service. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|The passion of the public, demanding what]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|O royal Calliope, come from heaven,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|We believe thunderous Jupiter rules the sky:]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Romans, though you’re guiltless, you’ll still expiate. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Why weep, Asterie, for Gyges, whom west winds. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|You, an expert in prose in either language,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|‘While I was the man, dear to you,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|If you drank the water of furthest Don, Lyce,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Mercury (since, taught by you, his master,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Girls are wretched who can’t allow free play to love, or drown their cares. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|O Bandusian fountain, brighter than crystal,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|O citizens, conquering Caesar is home. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|O, dear wife of poor Ibycus,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|The towers made of bronze, and the doors made of oak,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Aelius, noble descendant of ancient]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Faunus, the lover of Nymphs who are fleeing,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|You can tell me the years between. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Pyrrhus, you can’t see how dangerous it is. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Faithful wine-jar, born, with me, in Manlius’]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Virgin protectress of the mountain and the grove,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Phidyle, my country girl, if you raise your]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Though you’re richer than the untouched. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Where are you taking me, Bacchus,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|I was suited to sweethearts till now, and performed. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Let the wicked be led by omens of screeching. ]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|What better thing is there to do,]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|Maecenas, son of Etruscan kings, a jar]]
#[[The Odes/Book III/1|I’ve raised a monument, more durable than bronze,]]


Let the boy toughened by military service. 7
The passion of the public, demanding what9
O royal Calliope, come from heaven,12
We believe thunderous Jupiter rules the sky:15
Romans, though you’re guiltless, you’ll still expiate. 17
Why weep, Asterie, for Gyges, whom west winds. 19
You, an expert in prose in either language,21
‘While I was the man, dear to you,22
If you drank the water of furthest Don, Lyce,23
Mercury (since, taught by you, his master,24
Girls are wretched who can’t allow free play to love, or drown their cares. 26
O Bandusian fountain, brighter than crystal,27
O citizens, conquering Caesar is home. 28
O, dear wife of poor Ibycus,29
The towers made of bronze, and the doors made of oak,30
Aelius, noble descendant of ancient32
Faunus, the lover of Nymphs who are fleeing,33
You can tell me the years between. 34
Pyrrhus, you can’t see how dangerous it is. 35
Faithful wine-jar, born, with me, in Manlius’36
Virgin protectress of the mountain and the grove,37
Phidyle, my country girl, if you raise your38
Though you’re richer than the untouched. 39
Where are you taking me, Bacchus,42
I was suited to sweethearts till now, and performed. 43
Let the wicked be led by omens of screeching. 44
What better thing is there to do,47
Maecenas, son of Etruscan kings, a jar48
I’ve raised a monument, more durable than bronze,51


   
   

Revision as of 15:07, 25 August 2009

Book II The Odes
Book III
written by Horace
Book IV
Translated by A. S. Kline



  1. Odi Profanum
  2. Dulce Et Decorum Est
  3. Stand Firm
  4. Temper Power With Wisdom
  5. No Surrender
  6. Moral Decadence
  7. Be True
  8. Celebration
  9. A Dialogue
  10. Cruel One
  11. Remember the Danaids
  12. Neobule, to Herself
  13. O Fons Bandusiae
  14. Augustus Returns
  15. Too Old
  16. Just Enough
  17. The Approaching Storm
  18. To Faunus
  19. Let’s Drink
  20. The Conflict
  21. Praise Of Wine
  22. To Diana
  23. Pure Hands
  24. Destructive Wealth
  25. Bacchanalian Song
  26. Enough
  27. Europa
  28. For Neptune
  29. Fortune
  30. Aere Perennius


Index of First Lines

  1. I hate the vulgar crowd, and keep them away:
  2. Let the boy toughened by military service.
  3. The passion of the public, demanding what
  4. O royal Calliope, come from heaven,
  5. We believe thunderous Jupiter rules the sky:
  6. Romans, though you’re guiltless, you’ll still expiate.
  7. Why weep, Asterie, for Gyges, whom west winds.
  8. You, an expert in prose in either language,
  9. ‘While I was the man, dear to you,
  10. If you drank the water of furthest Don, Lyce,
  11. Mercury (since, taught by you, his master,
  12. Girls are wretched who can’t allow free play to love, or drown their cares.
  13. O Bandusian fountain, brighter than crystal,
  14. O citizens, conquering Caesar is home.
  15. O, dear wife of poor Ibycus,
  16. The towers made of bronze, and the doors made of oak,
  17. Aelius, noble descendant of ancient
  18. Faunus, the lover of Nymphs who are fleeing,
  19. You can tell me the years between.
  20. Pyrrhus, you can’t see how dangerous it is.
  21. Faithful wine-jar, born, with me, in Manlius’
  22. Virgin protectress of the mountain and the grove,
  23. Phidyle, my country girl, if you raise your
  24. Though you’re richer than the untouched.
  25. Where are you taking me, Bacchus,
  26. I was suited to sweethearts till now, and performed.
  27. Let the wicked be led by omens of screeching.
  28. What better thing is there to do,
  29. Maecenas, son of Etruscan kings, a jar
  30. I’ve raised a monument, more durable than bronze,




Metres Used in Book III.

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.


Alcaic Strophe: 11 (5+6) twice, 9, 10

used in Odes: 1-6,17,21,23,26,29


Sapphic and Adonic: 11(5+6) three times, 5

Odes: 8,11,14,18,20,22,27


First Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) all lines

Ode: 30


Second Asclepiadean: 8, 12 (6+6), alternating

Odes: 9,15,19,24,25,28


Third Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) three times, 8

Odes 10,16


Fourth Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) twice, 7, 8

Odes: 7,13


Fifth Asclepiadean: 16 (6+4+6) all lines

Odes: None in Book III


Alcmanic Strophe: 17 (7+10) or less, 11 or less, alternating

Odes: None in Book III


First Archilochian: 17 (7+10) or less, 7 alternating

Odes: None in Book III


Fourth Archilochian Strophe: 18 (7+11) or less, 11 (5+6) alternating

Odes: None in Book III


Second Sapphic Strophe: 7, 15 (5+10) alternating

Odes: None in Book III


Trochaic Strophe: 7,11 alternating

Odes: None in Book III


Ionic a Minore: 16 twice, 8

Ode: 12