Horace's "Carmen Saeculare": Ritual Magic and the Poets Art

By Michael C.J. Putnam

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300083335
• ISBN13: 9780300083330
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"