{"product_id":"9781603849685","title":"Satires","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSatires\u003c\/i\u003e of Horace offer a hodgepodge of genres and styles: philosophy and bawdry; fantastic tales and novelistic vignettes; portraits of the poet, his contemporaries, and his predecessors; jibes, dialogue, travelogue, rants, and recipes; and poetic effects in a variety of modes. For all their apparent lightheartedness, however, the poems both illuminate and bear the marks of a momentous event in world history, one in which Horace himself played an active role--the death of the Roman Republic and the birth of the Principate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Svarlien's lively blank-verse translation reflects the wide range of styles and tones deployed throughout Horace's eighteen \u003ci\u003esermons\u003c\/i\u003e or conversations, deftly reproducing their distinctive humor while tracking the poet's changing mannerisms and moods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Mankin's Introduction offers a brief account of the political upheavals in which Horace participated as well as the social setting in which his \u003ci\u003eSatires\u003c\/i\u003e were produced, and points up hallmarks of the poet's distinctive brand of satire. His detailed commentary offers a behind-the-scenes look at Roman society and an often between-the-lines examination of a key work of one of Rome's sharpest observers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134848385264,"sku":"9781603849685","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781603849685_p0.jpg?v=1763827404","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781603849685","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}