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Horace saw the death of the Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, and was personally acquainted with the emperor Augustus and the poet Virgil. He was famous during his lifetime, and continued to be posthumously, for his odes and epodes, his satires and epistles, and for Ars Poetica. This book deals with his life and work.
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Born Quintus Horatius Flaccus on December 8, 65 BC. In his writings, he "tells us far more about himself, his character, his development, and his way of life than any other great poet in antiquity
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"The poet Tennyson hailed the lines of the Odes as Jewels five-words-long That on the stretch'd forefinger of Time Sparkle for ever." -- Tennyson
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- PublisherEveryman's Library
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 184159802X
- ISBN 13 9781841598024
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages256
- EditorQuarrie Paul
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