7 buku mirip Karmina
Ode-Ode
This groundbreaking new translation of Horace's most widely read collection of poetry is rendered in modern, metrical English verse rather than the more common free verse found in many other translations. Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz adapts the Roman poet's rich and metrically varied poetry to English formal verse, reproducing the works in a way that maintains fidelity to the tone, timbre, and style of…
Tema bersama: Latin Laudatory poetry, Latin Verse satire, Latin poetry, Latin language
Satire
The Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-3 B.C.), known in English as Horace, was also the most famous lyric poet of his age. Written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus's regime, his Satires provide trenchant social commentary on men's perennial enslavement to money, power, fame, and sex. Not as frequently translated as his Odes, in…
Tema bersama: Latin Verse satire, Latin Epistolary poetry, Latin poetry, Latin language
Metamorfosis
The Metamorphoses is a narrative poem penned by the Roman poet Ovid. Widely considered to be his ultimate work, comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths. The poem portrays a history of the world from creation up to the deification of Julius Caesar. Metamorphoses is viewed as one of the most influential works in Western culture, inspiring authors such as Dante, Shakespeare, Chaucer, and…
Tema bersama: Latin Epistolary poetry, Latin language, Poetry
Elegi
Of all the Greek and Latin love poets, Propertius (c.50-10 BC) is one of those who perhaps holds most immediate appeal for the twentieth century reader. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cynthia forms the main subject of his poetry, and is analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods - from ecstacy to suicidal despair.
The son of an…
Tema bersama: Language, Latin language, History and criticism, Poetry
Karya-Karya
A timeless exploration of humanity's connection to nature, The Georgics of Virgil delves into the art and labor of agriculture while weaving in the grandeur of Roman patriotism and mythology. Composed by Virgil over seven years and completed in 29 B.C.E., this masterful poetic work offers meditations on the cycles of cultivation and their profound alignment with the natural and divine order. Its…
Tema bersama: Latin poetry, Latin language, Poetry
Karya puitis lengkap
Poetry written by the Scottish author Robert Burns.
Tema bersama: Miniature books, History and criticism, Poetry, History
Metamorfosis
Ovid’s sensuous and witty poem. In Metamophoses, Ovid brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation—often as a result of love or lust—where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many…
Tema bersama: Latin Epistolary poetry, Poetry, History