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    Q. Horatius Flaccus, Carmina (eds. Paul Shorey, Gordon Lang)

    Editions and translations: Latin (ed. Paul Shorey, Gordon Lang) | English (ed. John Conington)
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    Maecenas atavis edite regibus*+,
    o et* praesidium* et dulce* decus* meum*:
    sunt*+ quos+ curriculo* pulverem+ Olympicum*+
    collegisse*+ iuvat+ metaque fervidis
    evitata rotis palmaque* nobilis*.
    terrarum dominos evehit ad deos*
    hunc*, si mobilium* turba Quiritium
    certat tergeminis* tollere honoribus*,
    illum*, si proprio* condidit horreo
    quidquid de Libycis* verritur areis*.
    gaudentem* patrios* findere sarculo*
    agros Attalicis+ condicionibus*+
    numquam* demoveas, ut trabe+ Cypria*+
    Myrtoum*+ pavidus* nauta secet*+ mare+.
    luctantem Icariis* fluctibus* Africum*
    mercator* metuens* otium* et oppidi
    laudat* rura* sui; mox reficit rates
    quassas* indocilis* pauperiem pati*.
    est qui* nec veteris pocula Massici*
    nec partem solido demere de die*
    spernit, nunc viridi* membra sub arbuto*
    stratus, nunc ad aquae lene* caput* sacrae*.
    multos castra iuvant et lituo* tubae
    permixtus sonitus bellaque matribus*
    detestata. manet* sub Iove frigido*
    venator tenerae coniugis inmemor,
    seu visa est* catulis cerva fidelibus
    seu rupit teretes Marsus* aper plagas.
    me doctarum* hederae* praemia frontium
    dis miscent* superis, me gelidum nemus*
    Nympharumque leves cum Satyris chori*
    secernunt* populo, si neque tibias*
    Euterpe cohibet nec Polyhymnia
    Lesboum* refugit tendere* barbiton.
    quodsi me lyricis vatibus inseres,
    sublimi feriam sidera vertice.

    There are a total of 51 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from Paul Shorey, Commentary on Horace, Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare:
    book 1 (general note)
    book 1, poem 1 (general note)
    book 1, poem 1, line 1: Maecnas
    book 1, poem 1, line 17: mox
    book 1, poem 1, line 21: membra ... stratus
    book 1, poem 1, line 27: seu ... seu
    book 1, poem 1, line 28: teretes ... plgas
    book 1, poem 1, line 29: me
    book 1, poem 1, line 32: si
    book 1, poem 1, line 33 (general note)
    book 1, poem 1, line 35: quod si
    book 1, poem 1, line 35: inseris
    book 1, poem 1, line 36 (general note)
    book 1, poem 1, line 4: meta ... rotis

    Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
    horatius [Horatius]
    lacunaria [Lacunaria, Lacuaria]
    vitrum [Vitrum]
    fig.00353.3 [Metae. (Relief in the British Museum.)]

    Cross references from Paul Shorey, Commentary on Horace, Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare:
    * [Ode I]

    Cross references from W. M. Lindsay, An Introduction to Latin Textual Emendation:
    5, 12 [List of Similar Words]
    preface, 1 [Preface]
    5, 12 [List of Similar Words]

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Horace. Horace, Odes and Epodes. Paul Shorey and Gordon J. Laing. Chicago. Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. 1919.
    OCLC: 4201082


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