Odes may refer to:
- The plural of ode, a type of poem
- Odes (Horace), a collection of poems by the Roman author Horace, circa 65 - 8 BC
- Odes of Solomon, a pseudepigraphic book of the Bible
- Book of Odes (Bible), a Deuterocanonical book of the Bible
- Odes, a music album
- Odes, Victor Hugo's second poetry book.
- ODEs may be an abbreviation for Ordinary differential equations.
- Odic force
Famous quotes containing the word odes:
“They soon became like brothers from community of wrongs;
They wrote each other little odes and sang each other songs;
They told each other anecdotes disparaging their wives;
On several occasions, too, they saved each other’s lives.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“To be a woman and a writer
is double mischief, for
the world will slight her
who slights “the servile house,” and who would rather
make odes than beds.”
—Dilys Laing (1906–1960)
“There, full in notes, to ravish all
My Earth, I wonder what to call
My dullness; when
I heare thee, prettie Creature, bring
Thy better odes of Praise, and Sing,
To puzzle men:
Poore pious Elfe!
I am instructed by thy harmonie,
To sing the Time’s uncertaintie,
Safe in my Selfe.”
—George Daniel (1616–1657)