Horace
Roman lyric poet and satirist whose Odes elevated Latin poetry to new heights of formal craft. His Ars Poetica established critical principles that shaped literary theory for centuries.
Works
- OdesLyric odes on love, friendship, philosophy, and the virtue of moderation
- EpodesShort poems in iambic meter addressing friends and satirizing Roman society
- SatiresSatirical poems critiquing Roman society, social vices, and human folly
- EpistlesVerse epistles on literary, moral, and philosophical themes to friends
- Ars PoeticaTreatise in verse on poetic craft, composition, and literary judgment