Category: Poetry
3. _Sunt quos_] The Greeks say ἔστιν οὕς. The indicative is used with 'sunt,' or 'est qui,' when particular persons are alluded to, as here the Greeks in opposition to the Romans. So Epp. ii. 2. 182: "Argentum--sunt qui non habeant, est qui non curat habere," where, by the lat...
3. _Sunt quos_] The Greeks say ἔστιν οὕς. The indicative is used with 'sunt,' or 'est qui,' when particular persons are alluded to, as here the Greeks in opposition to the Romans. So Epp. ii. 2. 182: "Argentum--sunt qui non habeant, est qui non curat habere," where, by the latter, is distinctly indicated the wise man. Here Horace alludes to the Greeks of former days, and is led to refer to them, because this was the chief subject of Pindar's poetry.
28. _teretis pueri_] 'Smooth-faced boy.' See note on C. i. 1. 28. As to 'longam comam,' see C. iv. 10. 3, n. 'Renodantis,' which some render 'untying, and allowing to flow upon...
2. xii. 768:The temples of Isis in particular were thus adorned, after the introduction of her worship into Rome, which was not till quite the latter years of the Republic. She was worshipp...
4. ii. 49): "Iisdem temporibus deum aedes vetustate aut igni abolitas,coeptasque ab Augusto dedicavit." The temples he built or completed were three in number, dedicated to Liber, Libera, and Ceres, to Flora, and to Juno. See C. ii. 15. 20. S. ii....
1. ii. 40) addresses Mæcenas in the same affectionate terms:3. _Sunt quos_] The Greeks say ἔστιν οὕς. The indicative is used with 'sunt,' or 'est qui,' when particular persons are alluded to, as here the Greeks in opposition to the Roman...
3. ii. 354), confounded peace with war'; that is to say, made peace for40. _Altior Italiae ruinis!_] On v. 52 of the last Ode was quoted from Ovid (Fast. iii. 441), "Pelion altior Ossa," 'Pelion raised upon the head of Ossa.' So here is meant 'Cart...
9. Book IV.1. Intermissa Venus, 3. 2. Pindarum quisquis, 6. 3. Quem tu Melpomene, 3. 4. Qualem ministrum, 8. 5. Divis orte bonis, 2. 6. Dive quem proles, 6. 7. Diffugere nives, 10. 8. Dona...
6. Book I.1. Maecenas atavis, 1. 2. Iam satis terris, 6. 3. Sic te diva, 3. 4. Solvitur acris hiems, 11. 5. Quis multa gracilis, 4. 6. Scriberis Vario, 2. 7. Laudabunt alii, 9. 8. Lydia d...
8. Book III.1. Odi profanum, 8. 2. Angustam amice, 8. 3. Iustum et tenacem, 8. 4. Descende caelo, 8. 5. Caelo tonantem, 8. 6. Delicta maiorum, 8. 7. Quid fles, 4. 8. Martiis caelebs, 6. 9....
7. Book II.1. Motum ex Metello, 8. 2. Nullus argento, 6. 3. Aequam memento, 8. 4. Ne sit ancillae, 6. 5. Nondum subacta, 8. 6. Septimi Gades, 6. 7. O saepe mecum, 8. 8. Ulla si iuris, 6. 9...