solitis: the customary ab Iove principium (Verg. Ecl.3. 60), the ἐκ Διὸς ἀρχώμεσθα of Greek poetry; Arat. Phaen. 1; Pind. Nem. 2. 1. Cf. 'The Song began from Jove,' Dryden, Alexander's Feast.—parentis: the same designation of Jupiter is used in 2. 19. 21; cf. Arnold, Empedocles, 'First hymn they the father | Of all things; and then, | The rest of immortals, | The action of men'; Hesiod, Theog. 16-18. Cf. 3. 4. 45; Verg. Aen. 1. 230.
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Ode V
Ode VI
Ode VII
Ode VIII
Ode IX
Ode X
Ode XI
Ode XII
Ode XIII.
Ode XIV
Ode XV
Ode XVI
Ode XVII.
Ode XVIII.
Ode XIX
Ode XX.
Ode XXI
Ode XXII.
Ode XXIII.
Ode XXIV
Ode XXV.
Ode XXVI.
Ode XXVII
Ode XXVIII
Ode XXIX
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Ode XXXI
Ode XXXII.
Ode XXXIII.
Ode XXXIV
Ode XXXV
Ode XXXVI
Ode XXXVII
Ode XXXVIII
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Horace. Odes and Epodes. Edited with commentary by. Paul Shorey. revised by. Paul Shorey and Gordon J. Laing. New York. Benj. H. Sanborn and Co. 1910.
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