The complete online text of The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry by Horace.

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 principa...

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; a...

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 song...

AMONG MOVIE BUFFS, "Putney Swope" has long had a reputation as one of the most outrageous American movie satires. In Robert Downey Sr.'s 1969 film, a Madison Avenue advertising firm comes under the control of the title character, the sole black member of the...

Cuban exile Nicolas Guillen's use of the letter-writing form in his poem "Epistola" evokes a sense of longing for pre-revolutionary Cuba. His use of the imagery of food and geographic features creates a strong feeling of nostalgia. Nicolas Guillen (1902-1989) has written, in...