Horace (Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476)
Early Life
Horace (HOR-uhs) was born in Venusia, a military colony in southern Italy. Nothing is known of his mother or siblings. His father was a freed slave whose profitable post as an auctioneer’s assistant enabled him to buy land and to send his son to school in Rome. There, with the sons of senators and knights, Horace was educated in the Greek classics. Horace asserts in his Satires (35, 30 b.c.e.; English translation, 1567) that he received better education from his father, who accompanied him on walks through Rome’s bustling marketplace while commenting on...
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Art of Poetry, The (Masterplots Classics)Epistles (Masterplots Classics)Poetry of Horace, The (Masterplots Classics)Explicating Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry)Italian Poetry to 1800 (Topical Overview--Poetry)
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