Odes

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By Francesco Filelfo

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Odes by Francesco Filelfo presents a profound collection of Latin poetry from the Italian Renaissance, marking the first complete cycle of Horatian odes since classical antiquity. Written in the 1450s, these poems explore themes of war, leadership, love, exile, friendship, and contemporary issues such as the plague in Milan, blending political insight with personal reflection.
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This work is ideal for readers interested in Renaissance literature, classical poetry, and historical cultural studies, particularly those fascinated by the revival of classical forms and humanist scholarship in 15th-century Italy.

Odes

Filelfo (1398–1481), one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance, was the principal humanist working in Lombardy in the middle of the Quattrocento and served as court poet to the Visconti and Sforza dukes of Milan. His Odes constitute the first complete cycle of Horatian odes since classical antiquity.

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Francesco Filelfo (1398–1481), one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance, was the principal humanist working in Lombardy in the middle of the Quattrocento and served as court poet to the Visconti and Sforza dukes of Milan. His long life saw him as busy with politics, diplomacy, and intrigue as with literature and scholarship, leaving him very often on the run from rival factions—and even from hired assassins.

The first Latin poet of the Renaissance to explore the expressive potential of Horatian meters, Filelfo adapted the traditions of Augustan literature to address personal and political concerns in his own day.

Odes, completed in the mid-1450s, constitute the first complete cycle of Horatian odes since classical antiquity and are a major literary achievement. Their themes include war, just rule, love, exile, patronage, and friendship as well as topical subjects like the plague's grim effects on Milan.

This volume is the first publication of the Latin text since the fifteenth century and the first translation into English.