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
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
Carpe diem
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Carpe diem is a Latin aphorism, usually translated 'seize the day', taken from book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes.
Odes (Horace)
…1.15, Stesichorus in 1.16, Anacreon in 1.17, and Alcaeus again in 1.18. The book contains many well-known phrases, such as nunc est bibendum (1.37.1), carpe diem (1.11.8), and nil desperandum (1.7.27). The poems can be summarised as follows…
A sundial inscribed carpe diem
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, by John William Waterhouse