Download or read book Horace's Iambic Criticism written by Timothy S. Johnson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-11-11 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By examining the relationship of the iambic tradition with ritual, this book studies how Horace’s Epodes are more than partisan (consolidating Octavian’s victory by projecting hostilities onto powerless others) but a meta-partisan project (forming fractured entities into a diversified unity).