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)