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| Name: |
Horace | | Variant Name: |
Quintus Horatius Flaccus | | Birth Date: |
65 B.C. | | Death Date: |
8 B.C. | | Place of Birth: |
Venosa | | Place of Death: |
Rome | | Nationality: |
Roman | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet, satirist, critic |
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 Biography of Horace
14,736 words, approx. 49 pages
 Horace wrote poetry ranging from iambi (epodes) and sermones (satires and epistles) to carmina (lyrics). These poems paint a detailed self-portrait—laughing poet of moderation; ironic and gentle moralist; enigmatic observer of the Augustan... summary from source:
 Biography of Horace
14,311 words, approx. 48 pages
Horace wrote poetry ranging from iambi (epodes) and sermones (satires and epistles) to carmina (lyrics). These poems paint a detailed self-portrait--laughing poet of moderation; ironic and gentle moralist; enigmatic observer of the Augustan principate;... summary from source:
Biography of Horace
2,268 words, approx. 8 pages
Horace (65 BC-8 BC), or Quintus Horatius Flaccus, was a Roman lyric poet, satirist, and literary critic. He is generally considered one of the greatest lyric poets of the world. Horace's boast was to have been "the first to have brought over Aeolian... 
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 Horace Quotes
3,530 words, approx. 12 pages
 Quintus Horatius Flaccus , (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace , was the leading lyric poet in Latin. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Satires (c. 35 BC and 30 BC) 1.2 Odes (c. 23 BC and 13 BC) 1.3 Epistles (c....
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Horace Information
1,375 words, approx. 5 pages
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of...
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 Philadelphia Tribune, The Horace Brown
09/29/1995: 345 words, approx. 1 pages Pamela Perry Philadelphia Tribune, The 09-29-1995 Horace Brown. On a cool spring day down by the bay at one of Philadelphia's hottest outdoor summer night spots, the audience awaits the soothing sounds of Uptown/MCA recording artist Horace Brown. Stepping onto the... summary from source:
Monarch Notes Works of Horace: Greek Philosophy. Horace
01/01/1963: 5,693 words, approx. 19 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Greek Philosophy. Horace Greek Philosophy: Introduction Preface: Before the Greeks came into the Mediterranean world, man was primarily oriented toward death and built his monuments in honor of death: 1. The ziggurats of Babylon and the pyramids of Egypt testify to... summary from source:
 The New York Observer Horace Mann Satirized\'d1 A Feeble Tract, Alas, and Stale
6/4/2006: 919 words, approx. 3 pagesMany New York City private-school kids went to the same second-tier Ivy, the University of Pennsylvania, as I did. They were a strange breed; as early as freshman year, even the unattractive and the boring carried themselves with a breezy sense of self-entitlement and contempt... summary from source:
The New York Observer Horace Mann Satirized- A Feeble Tract, Alas, and Stale
6/4/2006: 918 words, approx. 3 pagesMany New York City private-school kids went to the same second-tier Ivy, the University of Pennsylvania, as I did. They were a strange breed; as early as freshman year, even the unattractive and the boring carried themselves with a breezy sense of self-entitlement and contempt...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Mary Rebecca Thayer
16,750 words, approx. 56 pages
In the following essay, Thayer begins by discussing what Horace shares of himself and his work through his poetry, and how he was viewed by his contemporaries. She goes on to suggest poets with whom Horace can reasonably be compared, choosing Wordsworth, Coleridge, Tennyson, and Browning among others.
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Critical Essay by J. F. D’Alton
15,061 words, approx. 50 pages
In the following essay, D’Alton examines Horace as a critic—judging his abilities and considering his influence, theories, standards, and models—and explains how his opinions sometimes differed from those of his contemporaries.
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Critical Essay by Phebe Lowell Bowditch
14,958 words, approx. 50 pages
In the following essay, Bowditch draws on principles of cultural anthropology to propose that Horace functioned in a “gift economy,” and that to some extent his poetry allowed him to resist the patronage that supported him
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