Two Roman Mice by Horace

Title

en_US Two Roman Mice by Horace

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: Bilingual: English/Latin

en_US Marilynne K. Roach

Creator

en_US Horace

Contributor

en_US Roach, Marilynne K.

Date

2016-01-25T16:19:22Z

en_US 1998-10

en_US 1975

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:19:22Z

Date Issued

en_US 1975

Abstract

en_US Rusticus and Urbanus are proper names of the two mice. Urbanus, who wears a toga, is from Rome itself. Black-and-white designs, e.g. of the country's grains and the city's exotic fruits and vegetables, decorate pages; whole pages and double-page spreads are given to illustrations. The story follows Horace generally, but is not the fairly literal translation…somewhat adapted for non-Romans proclaimed in the notes. It thus includes a reference to the shortness of life, but omits the long Epicurean exhortation. It also adds, effectively, elements not in Horace, like cool water from a clear-flowing spring (identified in the notes as Horace's Bandusian Spring). The book opens sideways and is about 7 x 5.5. In the city, they travel through trees and eventually wear wreaths. The mice flee the watchdogs through the garden and up some vines. In the last scene of Rusticus running back home in the country, there is a shrine to a mouse by the wayside. An appendix presents the Latin. Two pages of notes about Horace and one about Marilynne Roach. I am surprised that I never knew of this book until now.

Identifier

en_US 069000771X

en_US 2835 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78361

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Thomas Y. Crowell Company

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.R56 Tw 1975

en_US Horace

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole