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is due to a definite meaning or to a love of the archaic or the unusual but in est qui non curat (Epp.

Hale, Cum Constructions, p.112: 'In poetry we may often doubt whether a given variation. Literally, regibus is in apposition with atavis. 5, sint Maecenates non deerunt, Flacce, Marones 12. For Maecenas as typical patron of letters, cf. 13, Regis eras Etrusce genus, tu Caesaris almi | dextera, Romanae tu vigil urbis eras Martial, 12. The Augustan poets are fond of dwelling in this way on the contrast between Maecenas' half-royal descent and his modesty in remaining a knight and declining promotion to the Senate. Some of his ancestors were said to have been lucumōnes ( chiefs) of Arretium, hence the use of regibus here. Not only Horace but Vergil, Propertius, and others profited by his patronage. Maecēnas: Caius Cilnius Maecenas, for a long time the Emperor Augustus' chief adviser, and a distinguished patron of literature. Translated by Broome, Johnson's Poets, 12. The collection was published in 23 B.C.įor similar Apology for Poetry, cf. Rank me with the lyrists of Greece, and I shall indeed 'knock at a star with my exalted head.'īeing the dedication, it was probably among the last of the odes of the first three books to be written.

Me the poet's ivy and the muse's cool retreats delight. Various are the pursuits of men,-athletics, politics, agriculture, commerce, epicurean ease, war, the chase. The first Epode, the first Satire, and the first Epistle are addressed to the same patron and friend. A dedication of the first three books of the Odes to Maecenas.

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