Horace
Ancient Rome
It showcases Horace's talent for blending pleasure with philosophical ideas — an ideal introduction to his voice that d…
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Horace, whose full name was Quintus Horatius Flaccus, was born in 65 BC in Venusia, a small town in southern Italy. He was the son of a freed slave who worked as a tax collector.…
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A DITHYRAMBIC, OR DRINKING SONG.
A DITHYRAMBIC.
A HYMN.
AGAINST AVARICE AND LUXURY.
AGAINST CASSIUS SEVERUS.
AGAINST MAEVIUS.
AGAINST THE DEGENERACY OF THE ROMAN YOUTH.
AGAINST THE EPICURIANS.
AGAINST THE LUXURY OF THE ROMANS.
ARCHYTAS.
CANIDIA'S ANSWER.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN HORACE AND CANIDIA.
HYMN TO APOLLO.
ODE V.
ODE XIII. TO THE BANDUSIAN FOUNTAIN.
ODE XXXVI.
ON CONTENTMENT.
ON DIANA AND APOLLO.
ON HIS OWN WORKS.
ON STEADINESS AND INTEGRITY.
ON THE RECOVERY OF THE STANDARDS FROM PHRAATES.
REVISED BY
SATIRE I.
SATIRE II.
SATIRE III.
SATIRE IV.
SATIRE IX.
SATIRE V.
SATIRE VI.
SATIRE VII.
SATIRE VIII.
SATIRE X.
THE PRAISE OF DRUSUS.
THE PRAISES OF A COUNTRY LIFE.
THE WITCHES MANGLING A BOY.
THE WORKS OF HORACE
TO A FRIEND.
TO A TREE.
TO A WOMAN WHOSE CHARMS WERE OVER.
TO A YOUNG LADY HORACE HAD OFFENDED.
TO AELIUS LAMIA.
TO AGRIPPA.
TO ALBIUS TIBULLUS.
TO ANTONIUS IULUS.
TO APOLLO AND DIANA.
TO APOLLO.
TO ARISTIUS FUSCUS.
TO ASINIUS POLLIO.
TO ASTERIE.
TO AUGUSTUS CAESAR
TO AUGUSTUS, ON THE RESTORATION OF PEACE.
TO AUGUSTUS.
TO BARINE.
TO BULLATIUS.
TO C. NEUMONIUS VALA.
TO CALLIOPE.
TO CELSUS ALBINOVANUS.
TO CHLOE.
TO CHLORIS.
TO CLAUDIUS TIBERIUS NERO.
TO CRISPUS SALLUSTIUS.
TO DIANA.
TO FORTUNE.
TO GALATEA, UPON HER GOING TO SEA.
TO GLYCERA.
TO GROSPHUS.
TO HIS BOOK.
TO HIS COMPANIONS.
TO HIS JAR.
TO HIS LYRE.
TO HIS SERVANT.
TO HIS STEWARD.
TO ICCIUS.
TO JULIUS FLORUS.
TO LEUCONOE.
TO LICINIUS MURENA.
TO LIGURINUS.
TO LOLLIUS.
TO LYCE.
TO LYDE.
TO LYDIA.
TO MAECENAS.
TO MARCIUS CENSORINUS.
TO MARCUS LOLLIUS.
TO MELPOMENE.
TO MENAS.
TO MERCURY.
TO MUNATIUS PLANCUS.
TO NEAERA.
TO NEOBULE.
TO NUMICIUS.
TO PARIS.
TO PECTIUS.
TO PHIDYLE.
TO PHYLLIS.
TO POMPEIUS VARUS.
TO POSTUMUS.
TO PYRRHA.
TO PYRRHUS.
TO QUINCTIUS.
TO QUINTIUS HIRPINUS.
TO QUINTUS DELLIUS.
TO SCAEVA.
TO SEPTIMUS.
TO SEXTIUS.
TO TELEPHUS.
TO THALIARCHUS.
TO THE COVETOUS.
TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE.
TO THE ROMAN STATE.
TO THE ROMANS.
TO THE SHIP, IN WHICH VIRGIL WAS ABOUT TO SAIL TO ATHENS.
TO TITUS VALGIUS.
TO TORQUATUS.
TO TYNDARIS.
TO VARUS.
TO VENUS.
TO VINNIUS ASINA.
TO VIRGIL.
TO XANTHIAS PHOCEUS.
UPON A WANTON OLD WOMAN.