Addressees of Horace's Odes: Difference between revisions

 

Finally, the Latin wording of each address is given in parentheses next to the numerical designation of the odes.<ref>As always, the first number denotes the book, while the second one marks the ode.</ref> My purpo-se is to include only the information which is required to identify the addressee. Thus, writing down the collocation “''Aeli vetusto nobilis ab Lamo''” (3.17) is necessary to recognize Lucius Aelius Lamia, but the phrase “''Maecenas atavis edite regibus''” (1.1) does not play the same crucial role in establishing the identity of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas.

 

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