\u003cp\u003eRonnie Anconaâs pedagogical expertise and scholarly work on Horace have produced a text that is both student- and teacher-friendly as well as informed by the latest in Horatian scholarship. Horace was a talented and innovative literary craftsman whose lyrics reveal an extraordinary facility and playfulness with the Latin language. Anconaâs edition helps students begin to appreciate the nuances of Horaceâs poetic art. The revised second edition features an updated bibliography and more visually appealing maps.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cbr/\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition features\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction on Horace and his timesâincluding a discussion of some of the features of Horaceâs style that make his work both challenging and exciting to read.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatin text of poems with line-by-line, same-page vocabulary, grammatical notes, and background notes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eOdes\u003c/i\u003e 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.37, 1.38, 2.3, 2.7, 2.10, 2.14, 3.1, 3.9, 3.13, 3.30, 4.7, and \u003ci\u003eSatire\u003c/i\u003e 1.9\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete vocabulary\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescription of all the meters used in the poems\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFigures of speech defined, with examples from the poems\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtensive, updated bibliography, including the latest in scholarship on Horace\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatin text of poems without notes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour maps\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/p\u003e