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About the Author
Sergio Yona is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri and received his PhD in Classical Philology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His current research interests include the reception of Greek philosophy in Rome, Augustan and Early Christian poetry, and textual criticism, and he has published articles on Plato, Vergil, and Epicureanism in Horace. He lives with his wife and six children in Columbia, MO.
Reviews
This landmark exploration of Epicurean ethics in Horace's Satires ... will prove to be especially indispensable to graduate as well as advanced undergraduate courses on Horatian satire. * Gregson Davis, Duke University, Religious Studies Review *
Yona shows that Philodemus is a foundational philosophical influence on Horace's moral and ethical thought in the Sermones, and in doing so widens new critical paths in the scholarship on these poems, especially for the riddling second book. Nearly 25 years on, it provides an invaluable complement to Freudenburg's The Walking Muse and one hopes that it will have a similar influence over the next couple of decades. * Mark Wright, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Sergio Yona has in this attractively presented and well-argued book given us a highly charged and concentrated account of Philodemus and Horace which breaks new ground and will inspire further research into this poetry. * John Godwin, Classics for All *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198786559
Author Sergio Yona
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 576g
Dimensions(mm) 222mm * 148mm * 29mm