- Latin Verse satire, Translations into English, Poetry, Translations into Italian
The Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-3 B.C.), known in English as Horace, was also the most famous lyric poet of his age. Written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus's regime, his Satires provide trenchant social commentary on men's perennial enslavement to money, power, fame, and sex.
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Classical in form, prestige, cool and character-led.
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- Author
- Horace
- First published
- 1763
- Pages
- 308
- Publisher
- W. Heinemann, Ausable Press, Fundació Bernat Metge
- Editions
- 115
- Language
- cat, lat, Dutch, Italian
- ISBN
- 9781931337007
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“D' ou vient, Mecene , que jamais I'homme, soit qu'un dessein raisonne lui ait fait choisir sa part, soit que le hasard l'ait jetee devant lui, ne vit content d'elle, que toujours il vante ceux dont la voie est differente?”
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