Horace: Satires I

206 Pages·1993·4.518 MB·English

by  Quintus Horatius Flaccus, P. Michael Brown

HORACE: SATIRES I
CONIUGI, FILIAE, FILIO
CARISSIMIS OPTIMISQUE
HORACE
Satires I
with an Introduction, Text, Translation and eommentary
by
P. Michael Brown
Aris & Phillips - W anninster - England
e
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Contents
Preface
Vil
Bibliography
IX
Introduction 1
Satires I Latin 18
Translation 19
Commentary 89

Preface
Horace's first book of verse satires commands attention not only as the earliest fully
extant example of the genre but also for the author's literary skills; my aim hasb een to
make the satires readily accessible to the modem reader, including the reader with little
or no Latin. In the prose translation, I have tried to stay as close to the Latin as possible
while still producing reasonably idiomatic English. Where greater freedom seemed
necessary, a literal rendering is normally included in the commentary; a number of
grammatical notes are also included to show how the Latin works. The translation also
aims to reflect Horace's frequent shifts in style. In the occasional cases where he resorts
to extreme obscenity, a feature characteristic of the genre, I have not attempted to
disguise or dilute it. In the commentary, I have tried to elucidate the content, structure
and background of the satires, and to explore their artistry.
My debt to previous scholars is immense: in an edition of Horace, a good deal of
the material is inevitably tralaticious, and many of the parallel passages which I cite are
taken over from Kiessling/Heinze, Gow and Palmer. I owe no less a debt to Fraenkel
and Rudd (1966), who have produced the most indispensable of the general studies.
One conscious aim has been to sift, and to bring together into one edition, material not
previously assembled.
I am indebted to the late John Aris for his kindness in inviting me to make this
contribution to the publishers' enterprising series. I am also grateful to Dr Frances
Muecke of the University of Sydney, who is working on Book 2 of the Satires and with
whom I had helpful discussions when she visited me in Glasgow. I owe an especial
debt to Professor Malcolm Willcock, who in his editorial capacity read a draft of the
complete work with meticulous care, and whose expertise and many perceptive
suggestions have saved me from error or misjudgment at many points; for the defects
that remain I am solely responsible. I owe no less a debt of gratitude to Mrs Jennifer
Murray, the Departmental Secretary, who has made time, amidst her many other
commitments, to put the whole work on to disc, mostly from my cryptic manuscript;
though repeatedly given the same instruction as Horace's slave in the last line of the
book*, she hasp erformed the task with unfailing patience, efficiency and good humour.
Department of Classics November 1992
Universityo f Glasgow
*i, puer, atque meo citus haec subscribe libello

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