The History of Roman Literature From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius
CHAPTER III.
_Horace_ (65-8 B.C.).
Horace--His life--The dates of his works--Two aspects: a lyric poet and a man of the world--His _Odes_ and _Epodes_--His patriotic odes--Excellences of the odes--The _Satires_ and _Epistles_--Horace as a moralist--The _Ars Poetica_--Horace's literary criticism--Lesser poets.