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Horace Odes is in Roman Books.
Horace Odes Book 1
Horace Odes Book 1 Ode 1
| Maecenas atavis edite regibus, | Maecenas, born of royal ancestors, |
| o et praesidium et dulce decus meum: | O both my protection and my sweet honor: |
| sunt quos curriculo pulverem Olympicum | There are those whom it pleases to have gathered the dust of the Olympic race |
| collegisse iuvat metaque fervidis | it helps to have gathered at the goal with fervour |
| evitata rotis palmaque nobilis. | avoided by the wheels and the noble palm. |
| Maecenas atavis edite regibus, | Maecenas, born of royal ancestors, |
| o et praesidium et dulce decus meum: | O both my protection and my sweet honor: |
| sunt quos curriculo pulverem Olympicum | There are those whom it pleases to have gathered the dust of the Olympic race |
| collegisse iuvat metaque fervidis | it helps to have gathered at the goal with fervour |
| evitata rotis palmaque nobilis. | avoided by the wheels and the noble palm. |
| terrarum dominos evehit ad deos | He raised the lords of the earth to gods |
| hunc, si mobilium turba Quiritium | this, if the crowd of the Quiritians |
| certat tergeminis tollere honoribus, | he struggles to raise with triple honours, |
| illum, si proprio condidit horreo | if he stored it in his own granary |
| quidquid de Libycis verritur areis. | whatever is swept from the lands of the Libyans. |
| terrarum dominos evehit ad deos | He raised the lords of the earth to gods |
| hunc, si mobilium turba Quiritium | this, if the crowd of the Quiritians |
| certat tergeminis tollere honoribus, | he struggles to raise with triple honours, |
| illum, si proprio condidit horreo | if he stored it in his own granary |
| quidquid de Libycis verritur areis. | whatever is swept from the lands of the Libyans. |