Stephen and Aubrey de Vere translate Horace (original) (raw)

HORACE ABSTRACT For a decade from 1885, Sir Stephen de Vere of Curragh Chase and Foynes Island, County Limerick, translated most of the Odes of Horace, assisted by his poet brother Aubrey de Vere and sometimes with inputs from other Limerick and Clare landowners. Existing translations were ordered by post, and printers and publishers dealt with from a remote location. Stephen’s unpublished journals detail the interactions between the brothers, here exemplified by 19 selected odes, with full texts and notes on publication. Their published translations were admired and read into the 1900s.