Horace, like any admirable figure, seeks both to model – and teach – what excellence is in his field…. We end our review of The Works of Horace as translated into English […]
Horace III: The Epistles – words with friends…
In his Epistles, Horace discusses, in a series of verse letters addressed to friends, philosophy, virtuous and independent living, social behavior, and being a poet. This third in a series of essays […]
Horace II: more rambling, this time about the Satires…
Horace uses satire in a gently amused (and bemused) way to point out the foibles of human nature. He’s not so much wanting to tear people a new one for being the […]
Horace: a few rambling thoughts on the Odes…
One of the reasons Horace’s odes have been so admired and imitated is best described by one of his foremost admirers, Alexander Pope. Horace is a master of “what oft was thought […]
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