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Where poetry and history meet.
et tenuit nostras numerosus Horatius aures dum ferit Ausonia carmina culta lyra.--Ovid
IN SCOPE AND VIGOUR Horace's Odes I, II and III, published in 23 BC as Carminum Liber primus, secundus et tertius are unparallelled by any collection of lyric poetry produced before or after in Latin literature. "Horace is the best!", however, is unlikely to have been a street cry in the Rome of Augustus. Virgil had proclaimed a new golden age in his fourth Eclogues (published to an enthusiastic reception in 37 BC) and was hailed as the foremost poet; the seemingly effortless flow of his poetry fulfilled Rome's penchant for a pastoral and epic poetry that might revive the ...
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