Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Whether the Parthian, threatening Rome,His eagles scatter to the wind.Or follow to their eastern homeCathay and Ind,Thy second let him rule belowThy car shall shake the realms above;Thy vengeful bolts shall overthrowEach guilty grove.