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Can I read Horace's "Carmen saeculare" : ritual magic and the poet's art on EtoBox?

Horace's "Carmen saeculare" : ritual magic and the poet's art by Michael C. J. Putnam is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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This is the first book devoted to Horace's <i>Carmen Saeculare, </i>a poem commissioned by Roman emperor Augustus in 17 B.C.E. for choral performance at the <i>Ludi Saeculares</i>, <i> </i>the Secular Games. The poem is the first fully preserved Latin hymn whose circumstances of presentation are known, and it is the only lyric of Horace we can be certain was first presented orally. <p>Michael C. J. Putnam offers a close and sensitive reading of this hymn, shedding new light on the richness and v

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Michael C. J. Putnam
Publisher
Yale University Press
Published
2000
Language
EN
ISBN
9780300083330
Category
history
Subjects
Literary Fiction, History, Rome
Updated
2026-03-25

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