The Carmen saeculare ("Song of the ages") is a Latin hymn written by Horace and commissioned by Augustus. It was sung by a choir of girls and boys at the secular games in 17 BC. It is written in Sapphic meter and follows the themes of the poets of the day, in particular Vergil.
The poem is a prayer dedicated to Diana and Apollo, and secondarily to Jupiter and Juno. It asks for their protection of Rome and its laws, as well as their favor in granting descendants to the Roman people. For Horace, prosperity and wealth returned to the city after Augustus took power and established peace. Making references to Aeneas and Romulus, he celebrates the reign of Augustus, which brought in a new era and ensured the future of Rome.
This poem marked Horace's return to lyrical poetry and raised him to the level of national poet.
The Carmensaeculare ("Song of the ages") is a Latin hymn written by Horace and commissioned by Augustus. It was sung by a choir of girls and boys at the...
The Secular or Saecular Games (Ludi Saeculares) was an ancient Roman religious celebration involving sacrifices, theatrical performances, and public games...
revived in accordance with his policy of recreating ancient customs (CarmenSaeculare). Suetonius recorded some gossip about Horace's sexual activities late...
the Perseus Digital Library. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, The Odes and CarmenSaeculare of Horace. Edition by John Conington. London. George Bell and Sons...
Cambridge University Press 1940. Internet Archive Horace, The Odes and CarmenSaeculare of Horace. John Conington. trans. London. George Bell and Sons. 1882...
the form of a secular mass on a text by Horace. This work, entitled CarmenSaeculare, was intended as a song to Apollo and Diana. No trace exists, and it...
University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-139-85185-5. Horace, The Odes and CarmenSaeculare of Horace. John Conington. trans. London. George Bell and Sons. 1882...
Illyrica, 8. Zonaras, viii. 20. Livy, xxii. 35, xxiii. 21. Horace, CarmenSaeculare, i. 12. Valerius Maximus, i. 3. § 3. Plutarch, "The Life of Aemilius...
II.16. He also mentions the "nine Camenae" (novem Camenae) in the CarmenSaeculare, which denotes the Muses. Latin authors used the Camenae as a Latinized...
celebrates the secular games in Rome, for which Horace's hymn the "CarmenSaeculare" is commissioned. December 11 – Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, son of...
the birth goddess Eileithyia. Horace also links her to Eileithyia in carmensaeculare Some modern commentators have elaborated on the "Genita" and "Mana"...
16, 17. Cassius Dio, lviii. 19. Tacitus, Annales, vi. 27. Horace, CarmenSaeculare, i. 26, iii. 17. Cassius Dio, lxvi. 3. Suetonius, "The Life of Domitian"...
Augustus, 21. Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, Augustus, 63; Horace, Carmensaeculare, III, 8, 17-18; Florus, Epitome of Roman History, II, 28, 18-19. Hadrian...
JSTOR 23078470. Barker, Duncan (1996). "'The Golden Age Is Proclaimed'? The CarmenSaeculare and the Renascence of the Golden Race". The Classical Quarterly. n...
wagons and go on to wherever they want". Horace writes in 17 BCE (CarmenSaeculare, 3, 24, 9ff.) about the people of Macedonia: "The proud Getae also...
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Horace, The Odes and CarmenSaeculare of Horace. John Conington. trans. London. George Bell and Sons. 1882...
Epistulae ad Atticum, xiv. 11. Appian, Bellum Civile, iv. 23. Horace, CarmenSaeculare, ii. 6, Epistulae, i. 9. Suetonius, "The Life of Horatius". Tacitus...
celebrates the secular games in Rome, for which Horace's hymn the "CarmenSaeculare" is commissioned. The Noricans having joined with the Pannonians in...
century BCE. These poets included Tibullus, Virgil and Horace, whose CarmenSaeculare was first performed at the temple on 3 June 17 BCE during the Secular...
the Perseus Digital Library. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, The Odes and CarmenSaeculare of Horace. Edition by John Conington. London. George Bell and Sons...
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