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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Martin, Theodore, Sir, 1816-1909. Horace. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1870 (OCoLC)656639591 |
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| Named Person: | Horace. |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Theodore Martin, Sir |
| OCLC Number: | 3489545 |
| Description: | ix, 203 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Birth -- Education -- Campaign with Brutus and Cassius -- 2. Returns to Rome after Battle of Philippi -- Early poems -- 3. Introduction to Maecenas -- The journey to Brundusium -- 4. Publication of first book of satires -- His friends -- Receives the Sabine farm from Maecenas -- 5. Life in Rome -- Horace's bore -- Extravagance of the Roman dinners -- 6. Horace's love-poetry -- 7. Horace's poems to his friends -- His praises of contentment -- 8. Prevailing belief in astrology -- Horace's views of a hereafter -- Relations with Maecenas -- Belief in the permanence of his own fame -- 9. Horace's relations with Augustus -- His love of independence -- 10. Delicacy of Horace's health -- His cheerfulness -- Love of books -- His philosophy practical -- Epistle to Augustus -- Death. |
| Series Title: | Ancient classics for English readers. |
| Responsibility: | by Theodore Martin. |
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