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Book - Lyrical Poems, Samuel Lee (Translator), The Works of Horace, 1890
... Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) was born the son of a freed slave in Venusia, Italy, (65–8 BCE) who had acquired enough wealth as an auction collector to provide his son with a first-rate education in Rome and Athens. ......Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)...Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) was born the son of a freed slave in Venusia, Italy, (65–8 BCE) who had acquired enough wealth as an auction collector to provide his son with a first-rate education in Rome and Athens. ...
The original author of this work was Quintus Horatius Flaccus, one of the leading Roman lyric poets during the time of Augustus Caesar (1st century BCE). This volume features the complete surviving works of Horace, rendered entirely into English prose. It includes his famous Odes, or lyrical poems, as well as his earlier poems on politics and social issues of the time. It also features his Satires, which offer humorous commentaries on Roman life, and his Epistles, or letters in verse, which include his highly influential work on literary criticism, the Ars Poetica (or The Art of Poetry).
The Works of Horace
Author: James Lonsdale and Samuel Lee
Publisher: Macmillan And Co
Date: 1890
Further Information: non-fictionThe original author of this work was Quintus Horatius Flaccus, one of the leading Roman lyric poets during the time of Augustus Caesar (1st century BCE). This volume features the complete surviving works of Horace, rendered entirely into English prose. It includes his famous Odes, or lyrical poems, as well as his earlier poems on politics and social issues of the time. It also features his Satires, which offer humorous commentaries on Roman life, and his Epistles, or letters in verse, which include his highly influential work on literary criticism, the Ars Poetica (or The Art of Poetry).flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the works of horace, samuel lee, james lonsdale, latin translated text
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