Horace\'s Carmen Saeculare: Ritual Magic and the Poet`s Art by Michael C.J. Putnam

Horace\'s Carmen Saeculare: Ritual Magic and the Poet`s Art

Michael C.J. Putnam

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nonfiction literary poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
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This is the first book devoted to Horace's Carmen Saeculare, a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 B.C.E. for choral performance at the Ludi Saeculares, the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circum...

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