ODE I.
To Maecenas.
Maecenas, descended from royal ancestors, O both my
protection and my darling honor! There are those
whom it delights to have collected Olympic dust in
the chariot race; and ...
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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 h...
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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 mora...
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Biography EssayHorace 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; ...
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The Works of Horace
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