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HORACE

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Dates: December 8, 65 - November 27, 8 B.C. Full Name: Quintus Horatius Flaccus Occupation: Poet

B.C.

Bronze medallion of Horace from the reign of Constantine.

Full Name: Quintus Horatius Flaccus



Horace, by Wm Tuckwell (1829-1919). London: G. Bell & sons.

Occupation: Poet

1905.



Horace was the major lyric Latin poet of the Augustan Era. Emperor Augustus requested that Horace write a poem for the special public entertainment event known as the Secular Games that Augustus put on in 17 B.C. All wasn't smooth-sailing for Horace. He had stood on the wrong side during the civil war, and so, Horace's family's property was confiscated.

In 39 B.C., after Augustus granted amnesty,


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his estate to Augustus and was buried near the tomb of Maecenas.

The Works of HoraceDe Arte Poetica Liber - The Art of Poetry (18 B.C.) Carmen Saeculare - Poem of the Secular Games (17 B.C.) Carminum Libra IV - The Odes (4 Books) (starting 23 B.C.) Epistularum Libri II - The Epistles (2 Books) (starting 20 B.C.) Epodon Liber - The Epodes (30 B.C.) Sermonum Libri II (Satura) - The Satires (2 Books) (starting 35 B.C.)