Principal Horatian Themes in the Odes (C&F F11-27)
NB: This is far from being exhaustive...just a sample. Look for others!
- equality (1.4)
- nature (1.9), esp. the sea (1.14, 2.16, 3.29)
- love (1.5, 1.9 end)
- 'live for the day'/carpe diem (1.9, 3.29)
- occasional nostalgia for the past (and the Republic) (2.15, 3.5)
- poetry (especially his) (1.1, 3.30)
- drinking (1.27, 1.37)
- autobiography (2.7, 2.16)
- war (2.1)
- the simple life, austerity (2.16, 3.29)