Horace

Horace

philosopher Ancient Rome

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[Wikidata] Roman lyric poet (65 BC – 8 BC)... | [Wikipedia] 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, ver

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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."

Known for:

Ars Poetica|Odes|Satires|Epistulae|Carmen saeculare|Epodes

Notable works:

The crystal cabinet

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