Satires. Epistles. Art of Poetry

Name: Satires. Epistles. Art of Poetry
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ISBN: 9780674992146

ISBN-10: 0674992148

ISBN-13: 9780674992146

Edition: 1926 (Revised)

Authors: Horace, H. Rushton Fairclough, Horace

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Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 BC) was born at Venusia, son of a freedman clerk who had him well educated at Rome and Athens. Horace supported the ill-fated killers of Caesar, lost his property, became a secretary in the Treasury, and began to write poetry. Maecenas, lover of literature, to whom Virgil and Varius introduced Horace in 39, became his friend and made him largely independent by giving him a farm. After 30 Horace knew and aided with his pen the emperor Augustus, who after Virgil's death in 19 engaged him to celebrate imperial affairs in poetry. Horace refused to become Augustus' private secretary and died a few months after Maecenas. Both lyric (in various metres) and…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1926
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1926
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.37" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction


Select Bibliography Satires






Epistles






Ars Poetica


Index Of Proper Names