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Odes (Horace)
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The Odes are a collection in four books of Latin lyric poems by Horace. The Horatian ode format and style has been emulated since by other poets. Books 1 to 3 were published in 23 BC. A fourth book, c
A bust of Octavian, dated c. 30 BC. Capitoline Museums, Rome
A bust of Octavian, dated c. 30 BC. Capitoline Museums, Rome
Justum et tenacem propositi virum – "a man just and steadfast in purpose", from Horace's Odes, III.3, on the gravestone of Elliot Charles Bovill, Chie
Justum et tenacem propositi virum – "a man just and steadfast in purpose", from Horace's Odes, III.3, on the gravestone of Elliot Charles Bovill, Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements, in Fort Canning Green, Singapore
Monte Soratte (Soracte) seen from Via Flaminia
Monte Soratte (Soracte) seen from Via Flaminia
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
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Dulce et decōrum est prō patriā morī is a line from the Odes by the Roman lyric poet Horace. The line translates: "It is sweet and proper to die for one's country." The Latin word patria, literally me
Odes (Horace)
…metre and take as a common theme the glorification of Roman virtues and the attendant glory of Rome under Augustus. Ode III.2 contains the famous line Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori ("It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country"). Ode III.5 Caelo tonantem credidimus Jovem makes explicit identification of Augustus as a new…
Detail of the inscription over the rear entrance to Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The inscription reads
Detail of the inscription over the rear entrance to Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The inscription reads: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori".
Plaque at the war memorial in Graceville, Queensland, Australia
Plaque at the war memorial in Graceville, Queensland, Australia
Plaque at Queen's Park in Toronto dedicated to the militia that put down the North-West Rebellion
Plaque at Queen's Park in Toronto dedicated to the militia that put down the North-West Rebellion
Plaque at the Inkeroinen (Kouvola) [fi] church in Kouvola, Finland, in honour of the fallen of the Continuation War (1941–1945), adorned with crosses
Plaque at the Inkeroinen (Kouvola) [fi] church in Kouvola, Finland, in honour of the fallen of the Continuation War (1941–1945), adorned with crosses of liberty.