Horace’s Odes and Epodes- Quotes

(Gather Ye Rosebuds) “Strive…

…not Leucanoe to know what end the gods to thee or me will send”

“Strive not Leucanoe to know what end the gods to thee or me will send”- Stoic, Epicurean or both?

Stoic

(Gather ye Rosebuds) “Be…

…wise! Drink free, and in so short a space”

“Be wise! Drink free, and in so short a space”- Stoic, Epicurean or both?

Both

(Gather ye Rosebuds) “Whether…

…thou livest more winters, or this be thy last”

“Whether thou livest more winters, or this be thy last”

Both

(Gather ye Rosebuds) “Today’s…

…thine own, the next may be denied”

“Today’s thine own, the next may be denied”

Both

(Enjoy the Present Hour) “The…

…winds by his command blow”

“The winds by his command blow”

Both

(Enjoy the Present Hour) “Lay…

“…hold upon the passing hour, and snatch the pleasures passing by”

“Lay hold upon the passing hour, and snatch the pleasures passing by”

Both

(Enjoy the Present Hour) “With…

…well heaped logs dissolve the cold”

“With well heaped logs dissolve the cold”

Epicurean

(Enjoy the Present Hour) “This…

…is time to be possessed: the best is but in season best”

“This is time to be possessed: The best is but in season best”

Both

Enjoy your possessions while they are yours is predominantly of which philosophy?

Epicurean

(Enjoy your possessions while they are yours) “The…

…black fateful threads of three sisters join to suffer you”

“The black fateful threads of three sisters join to suffer you”

Both

(Enjoy your possessions…) “With…

…twining boughs, their hospitable shade”

“With twining boughs, their hospitable shade”

Epicurean

(Enjoy your possessions…) “Bid..

…them bring wines”

“Bid them bring wines”

Epicurean

What technique does Horace employ in ‘Ode to Spring’?

Pathetic fallacy

(Ode to Spring) “Say…

…to the soul, thou was not born for aye”

“Say to the soul, thou was not born for aye”

Both

(Ode to Spring) “We…

…are dust and dreams”

“We are dust and dreams”

Both

(Ode to Spring) “Feast…

…then thy heart, for what thy heart has had the fingers of no heir will ever hold”

“Feast then thy heart…no heir will ever hold”

Epicurean

(Ode to Spring) “The…

…love of comrades cannot take away”

“The love of comrades cannot take away”

Epicurean

(A Quiet Life) “Show…

…me at sea the boldest there who does not wish for quiet here”

“Show me at sea the boldest there who does not wish for

Stoic

(A Quiet Life) “For

…quiet, friend, the soldier fights”

For quiet, friend, the soldier fights”

Stoic

(A Quiet Life) “Happy…

…the man with little blessed…no base desires corrupt his head”

“Happy the man with little blessed…”

Epicurean

(A Quiet Life) “What…

…then in life which soon must end”

“What then in life which soon must end”

Both