Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). 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."

Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (''Satires'' and ''Epistles'') and caustic iambic poetry (''Epodes''). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstrings".

His career coincided with Rome's momentous change from a republic to an empire. An officer in the republican army defeated at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he was befriended by Octavian's right-hand man in civil affairs, Maecenas, and became a spokesman for the new regime. For some commentators, his association with the regime was a delicate balance in which he maintained a strong measure of independence (he was "a master of the graceful sidestep") but for others he was, in John Dryden's phrase, "a well-mannered court slave". Provided by Wikipedia
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    Quinti Horatii Flacci poëmata by Horace

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    Q. Horatius Flaccus, his Art of poetry by Horace

    Published 1640
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    Quinti Horatii Flacci Poemata by Horace

    Published 1676
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    The poems of Horace, consisting of odes, satyres, and epistles by Horace

    Published 1671
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    Quinti Horatii Flacci poëmata by Horace

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    Odes of Horace, the best of lyrick poets containing much morality and sweetnesse by Horace

    Published 1638
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    The first two satires or poesyes of Horace by Horace

    Published 1565
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