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Horace
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus. The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."
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Horatius (Author of Odes and Epodes)Author of Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica, Satires and Epistles of Horace and Satires of Persius, and The Epistles of HoraceHorace | Penguin Random HouseFrom now on Horace had no financial worries; he moved freely among the leading poets and statesmen of Rome; his work was admired by Augustus, and indeed after Virgil’s death in 19 BC he was virtually Poet Laureate. Horace died in 8 BC, only a few months after HoraceHardcover · 9780300256581 · Published: Tuesday, 13 May 2025 · $28.00 · BUY · eBook · 9780300283747 · Published: Tuesday, 13 May 2025 · $28.00 Out of Stock · Also Available At: Amazon · <strong>Barnes & Noble</strong> · Bookshop · Indiebound · Indigo ...Complete Works by Horace - AbeBooksHORACE ; Marshall, Dr. John (Introduction by) Published by <strong>J.M. Dent & Sons</strong> / E.
