How to be content : an ancient poet's guide for an age of excess / Horace ; selected, translated and introduced by Stephen Harrison.

"The Roman poet Horace (65-8 BC) has long been read as a wise and pragmatic guide to living a good life. Writing at the very moment when Rome was transitioning from a republic to an empire, Romans found the advice in his poems appealing: live quietly and non-extravagantly amid the excesses of a mate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horace (Author)
Other Authors: Harrison, S. J. (Translator, Writer of introduction)
Language:English
Latin
Language of the Original:
Latin
Language and/or Writing System:
Includes selected text in Latin with English translation.
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Series:Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
Subjects:
Horace > Translations into English.
Horace > Criticism and interpretation.
Horace.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations.
Genre:
Translations into English.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations.
Physical Description:x, 238 pages ; 18 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The search for the good life
  • The importance of friendship
  • Love
  • the problem of passion
  • Death
  • the final frontier.