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Title: Not What I Hoped For
Review: This book contains the Latin text with facing page notes and vocabulary for 28 of Horace's Odes. The notes and vocabulary are scanty, not containing enough information to help the reader make sense of the text. In a format like this, one expects the text to be designed for high school or undergraduate readers, but there are not sufficient notes or vocabulary for this audience. I am disappointed by the paucity of vocabulary and notes-- even obscure mythological references are not explained.Also, the text itself is not particularly easy to read. For example, the lines of Ode 1.11 (tu ne quaesieris), which has 16 syllable lines, apparently didn't fit right on the page, so each line is broken into 2 lines with the second indented, but there is no explanation of this.I am not happy with this purchase! I was looking for something that would make translating Horace a pleasant experience for my students, and this is not it.
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