This month, CHS Kosmos Society members are reading selections from the poetry of Horace, and more specifically, Odes from Book 4, which comprises 15 poems and from which you can read as many as you wish; and a selection from the Satires. You can choose which to read, but here are some suggestions: Book 1 Satire 4 ‘A Defence of Satire’, Book 1 Satire 10 ‘On Satire’, Book 2 Satire 1 ‘On Satire Again’, Book 2 Satire 6 ‘Town versus Country’. The conversation will start and continue in the Kosmos Society forum (here), and the hangout will take place on Tuesday, November 28 at 11 a.m. EST.
You can read any translation you like. Here are links to some that are available free online:
Odes
Odes, Book 4, translated by John Conington, Perseus
Odes, Book 4, translated by John Conington, in ‘book’ view, or in various file formats, archive.org
Odes, Book IV, translated by A.S. Kline, Poetry in Translation
A metrical translation by Lord Lytton, archive.org
Latin editions can be found on Perseus
or in Odes and Epodes with notes by Charles E. Bennett, archive.org
Satires
Satires, translated by John Conington, Project Gutenberg
Satires, translated by John Conington, archive.org
Satires, translated by A.S. Kline, Poetry in Translation
Satires, translated by C. Smart, Theodore Alois Buckley, on Perseus
Happy readings!
