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The Classic of Poetry, also Shijing or Shih-ching, translated variously as the Book of Songs, Book of Odes, or simply known as the Odes or Poetry (詩; Shī), is the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry, comprising 305 works dating from the 11th to 7th centuries BC.
The Book of Odes (Ancient Greek: Ὠδαί), also known as the Biblical Odes, refers to a collection of hymns and prayers referencing the Bible and used as a part of liturgies in some denominations. The biblical odes form the basis for the Eastern Orthodox canon sung during matins and other services.
The Book of Odes may refer to one of the following: The Chinese Classic of Poetry or Shi Jing; The Christian Book of Odes (Bible) The Arabic Kitab al-Aghani
In book 2, all the odd-numbered poems are Alcaic, as well as 2.14 and 2.20; while most of the even numbered poems are Sapphic. The first nine poems of book 1 (known as the "parade odes") are each in a different metre; the first six poems of book 3 (known as the "Roman odes") are all in Alcaic.
Odes 1.1, also known by its incipit, Maecenas atavis edite regibus, is the first of the Odes of Horace. [1] This ode forms the prologue to the three books of lyrics published by Horace in 23 BC and is a dedication to the poet's friend and patron, Maecenas. [2]
In some cases, the anthologies are part of a lineage or tradition, building on the work of former collections. The "classic" collection was the Shijing ("Book of Songs", or "Odes"), traditionally believed to have been chosen by Confucius out of thousands gathered by royal order. The idea that the selection was based upon moral order became a ...
In 2010, composer John Schreiner released a two-disc album called The Odes Project, which is an adaptation of the Odes of Solomon into modern music. [48] The album Odes by Arthur Hatton, creator of LDS music website Linescratchers, was inspired by the Odes of Solomon and incorporated lines from the poems into its lyrics. [49]
Odes of Solomon, a pseudepigraphic book of the Bible; Book of Odes (Bible), a Deuterocanonical book of the Bible; Odes (Irene Papas album) Odes (The Flowers of Hell album) Odes, Victor Hugo's second poetry book; Classic of Poetry, a book from ancient China that has been translated as Odes; ODEs may be an abbreviation for ordinary differential ...