- Introduction
- Odes
- Preface to the Odes
- 1. Apollo
- 1. In Praise of Poetry: An encomium of Charles VII of France
- 2. To Maemo: On war and the consolation of the liberal arts
- 3. To Carlo Gonzaga
- 4. To Charles VII of France
- 5. To Giorgio Bizzozero, Captain of the Ambrosian Republic: A mock consolation
- 6. To Nicolò Arcimboldi: On the Christian religion against schismatics
- 7. To Persico Brocardo: On greed
- 8. To a glutton
- 9. Dialogue of Venus, Neptune, Vulcan, and Filelfo: On the prospect of a third marriage
- 10. To Nicolò Arcimboldi: On war and writing poetry
- 2. Clio
- 1. To Carlo Gonzaga: Encomium
- 2. To Jupiter: An invective against false liberty
- 3. To Francesco Sforza: The city of Milan narrates the fall of the Republic and the triumph of Sforza
- 4. To Francesco Sforza: In praise of piety
- 5. To Carlo Gonzaga: In praise of his generosity
- 6. To Iñigo d’Avalos and Lucrezia Alagno: A double encomium
- 7. To Battista Scharas Barocis: A consolation for his father’s death
- 8. To Gaspar Castaneas: A consolation to a poet who has fallen out of favor
- 9. To Paracletus: Thanks for his praise and friendship
- 10. To Gaspar da Vimercate: Praise for liberating Milan from tyranny
- 3. Euterpe
- 1. To Charles VII: Encomium, and an appeal to launch a Crusade
- 2. To Carlo Gonzaga: An elegy written during his last illness
- 3. To Iñigo d’Avalos and Lucrezia Alagno: Advice on love
- 4. To Ambrogio: A hymn for Sforza’s triumphal entry into Milan
- 5. To Andrea Alamanni: That he not serve the Cyprian goddess at the expense of the Muses
- 6. To Sforza Secondo: Epithalamium
- 7. To Sforza Secondo: Another epithalamium
- 8. To Sigismondo Malatesta: Encomium
- 9. To Carlo Gonzaga: Lamenting his abandonment of his mistress Lyda and his friend Filelfo
- 10. To Iñigo d’Avalos: Why he has not yet come to Naples
- 4. Thalia
- 1. To Bianca Maria Visconti Sforza: A request for assistance
- 2. To Cicco Simonetta: A request for cash
- 3. Against Lydus: An invective
- 4. To Alessandro Sforza: Encomium
- 5. Filelfo’s journey to Cremona
- 6. To Leon Battista Alberti: On wealth and virtue
- 7. An invective against the city of Cremona
- 8. To Iñigo d’Avalos: On the plague in Milan, and why his journey to Naples has been delayed
- 9. To King Alfonso: An exhortation to seek peace
- 10. To Iñigo d’Avalos: That he should persuade Alfonso to seek peace
- 5. Melpomene
- 1. To Charles VII: Encomium, urging him to liberate Constantinople
- 2. To King Alfonso: In praise of love and poetry, not war
- 3. To Sforza Secondo: Thanks for the gift of a horse
- 4. To Carlo Gonzaga: His lover Lyda laments Carlo’s absence
- 5. To Pope Nicholas V: Celebrating his election to the papacy and urging a Crusade
- 6. To Gian Mario Filelfo: That he honor his patrons
- 7. To Basinio Basini of Parma, a fellow poet and friend
- 8. To Giovanni Simonetta: Commemorating their friendship
- 9. To Ludovico Gonzaga, Francesco Sforza, and Alfonso of Naples: Urging an end to war
- 10. To Malatesta Novello: A dialogue of the gods and a hymn to peace
- Biographical Notes
- Appendix: The Meters of Filelfo’s Odes
- Note on the Text
- Notes to the Text
- Notes to the Translation
- Bibliography
- Index
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