The Odes and Carmen Saeculare: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Odes and Carmen Saeculare, credited to Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace), is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Odes and Carmen Saeculare by Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace). (Translated by John Conington.) Read in English by KHand; J. McDougall; Sonia; CJ Baars; shironantony; Peter Tucker; Ross Klatte; Alexandra Helms; pattymarie; Phil Schempf; Douglas Thornton; Leni; Livia F.; JoeBlu Flawlessly hammered out, as if from eternal bronze—"aere perennius"—The Odes of Horace are the consummate expression of the pride, the reserve, the tragic playfulness, the epicurean calm, the absolute distinction of the Imperial Roman spirit. A few lines taken at random and learned by heart would act as a talisman in all hours to drive away the insolent pressure of the vulgar and common crowd. - John Cowper Powys (1916)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Odes and Carmen Saeculare
• Author credits: Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 101
• Listed recording duration: 4:28:08

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• rome
• poem
• classic
• greece
• Horace
• Ancient

Opening tracks: first 24 of 101

1. 001 - The Prefaces — 36:51
2. 002 - Book I - I - Maecenas Atavis — 2:31
3. 003 - Book I - II - Jam Satis Terris — 2:42
4. 004 - Book I - III - Sic Te Diva — 3:04
5. 005 - Book I - IV - Solvitur Acris Hiems — 1:40
6. 006 - Book I - V - Quis Multa Gracilis — 1:29
7. 007 - Book I - VI - Scriberis Vario — 1:55
8. 008 - Book I - VII - Laudabunt Alii — 4:31
9. 009 - Book I - VIII - Lydia, Dic Per Omnes — 1:17
10. 010 - Book I - IX - Vides Ut Alta — 2:51
11. 011 - Book I - X - Mercuri Facunde — 1:16
12. 012 - Book I - XI - Tu Ne Quaesieris — 1:06
13. 013 - Book I - XII - Quem Virum Aut Heroa — 2:43
14. 014 - Book I - XIII - Cum tu, Lydia — 1:25
15. 015 - Book I - XIV - O Navis, Referent — 1:23
16. 016 - Book I - XV - Pastor Cum Traheret — 3:33
17. 017 - Book I - XVI - O Matre Pulchra — 1:53
18. 018 - Book I - XVII - Velox Amoenum — 1:37
19. 019 - Book I - XVIII - Nullam, Vare — 1:51
20. 020 - Book I - XIX - Mater Saeva Cupidinum — 1:26
21. 021 - Book I - XX - Vile Potabis — 1:00
22. 022 - Book I - XXI - Dianam Tenerae — 1:10
23. 023 - Book I - XXII - Integer Vitae — 1:45
24. 024 - Book I - XXIII - Vitas Hinnuleo — 1:07

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