The Praise Singer
Horace Censorinus and Odes 4. 8
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9308033 |
|---|---|
| Authors | S J Harrison (Corpus Christi College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Pages | 31-43 |
| Publication date | 1990-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Roman Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-4358 • E-ISSN: 1753-528X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/300279 |
| OpenAlex | W2328649369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
The criticism of the eighth ode of Horace's fourth book has been bedevilled by three major uncertainties: probable interpolation in its text, confusion about the identity of its addressee, and doubt as to its literary quality. 1 These issues will form the central concerns of this discussion. Earlier critics have been consistently scathing in their view of Odes . 4. 8: some editors have even gone so far as to deny Horatian authorship, 2 many have made dismissive judgements, following the verdict of Wilamowitz (‘really very bad’), and a recent commentator has classed 4. 8 as ‘the least lyrical of the Odes ... much of it, indeed, reads like prose—limpid, logical, but pedestrian’. 3 I shall not claim that the poem is a previously unacknowledged masterpiece of inspiration, but that it has been underestimated as a poetic artefact: as a careful analysis will show, it is a well-conceived, well-finished and allusive piece, relevant to its addressee and cohering well both with the following ode to Lollius and with the purposes of Book 4 as a whole
Aesthetics · Art · Confusion · Criticism · Epistemology · Identity (music · Literature · Ode · Poetry · Political science · Praise · Psychoanalysis · Verdict · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · Law · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2021 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |