Abstract
Although Horace's Epodes were frequently dismissed by earlier generations as an uneven poetic collection of obscenity and juvenalia, more recently critics have begun to seriously engage with his first lyric collection. Johnson's important new study offers the first comprehensive English-language monograph on the Epodes since R. W. Carrubba's study of poetic arrangement in 1969. As such,Johnson's study makes a vital new companion to Watson's (2003) Oxford commentary, and his serial reading of Epodes 1-17 provide students and researchers with a novel interpretation of Horace's triumviral collection.
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
9-12-2012
Publisher Statement
Recommended Citation
Damer, Erika Z., "[Review of] Horace's Iambic Criticism: Casting Blame (Iambike Poiesis). By Timothy S. Johnson" (2012). Classical Studies Faculty Publications. 51.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/classicalstudies-faculty-publications/51
