Satires and Epistles

by Horatius and Horace James Bradstreet Greenough

Book Overview

The writings of Horace have exerted strong and continuing influence on writers from his day to our own. Sophisticated and intellectual, witty and frank, he speaks to the cultivated and civilized world of today with the same astringent candor and sprightliness that appeared so fresh at the height of Rome's wealthy and glory.

The Satires and Epistles spans the poet's career as a satirist, critic, and master of lyric poetry, as man of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226067777
• ISBN13: 9780226067773
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"