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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| Language: | English Latin |
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Latin |
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Includes selected text in Latin with English translation. |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Ancient wisdom for modern readers.
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| Physical Description: | x, 238 pages ; 18 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
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