Life of Quintus Horatius FlaccusJ. Murray, 1854 - 194 pages |
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... Varius . Thus the Horatian poetry is more than historical , it is the living age itself in all its varied reality . Without the biography of the poet , even without that of some of his contemporaries , the poetry of Horace cannot be ...
... Varius . Thus the Horatian poetry is more than historical , it is the living age itself in all its varied reality . Without the biography of the poet , even without that of some of his contemporaries , the poetry of Horace cannot be ...
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... VARIUS - POVERTY MAKES HIM A POET - INTRO- DUCTION TO MECENAS -INTIMACY WITH MECENAS- CIRCLE OF MEN OF LETTERS - FIRST BOOK OF SATIRES . HE state of Roman poetry , and its history , up to the time when Horace began to devote himself to ...
... VARIUS - POVERTY MAKES HIM A POET - INTRO- DUCTION TO MECENAS -INTIMACY WITH MECENAS- CIRCLE OF MEN OF LETTERS - FIRST BOOK OF SATIRES . HE state of Roman poetry , and its history , up to the time when Horace began to devote himself to ...
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... Varius , whether there was any fine Roman narrative poetry till the appearance of the Æneid . But Lucretius had shown of what the rich and copious , and , in his hands , flexible Latin language was capable ; how it could paint as well ...
... Varius , whether there was any fine Roman narrative poetry till the appearance of the Æneid . But Lucretius had shown of what the rich and copious , and , in his hands , flexible Latin language was capable ; how it could paint as well ...
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... Varius , with Asinius Pollio , the statesman and tragic writer , were the most celebrated names in Roman poetry . These two great poets soon admitted the young Horace to their intimacy . The fame of Varius , as an epic poet , does not ...
... Varius , with Asinius Pollio , the statesman and tragic writer , were the most celebrated names in Roman poetry . These two great poets soon admitted the young Horace to their intimacy . The fame of Varius , as an epic poet , does not ...
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... Varius and Virgil . Poverty , in his own words , was the inspira- tion of his verse . " Paupertas impulit audax Ut versus facerem . " - Epist . II . ii . 51 . The interpretation of this line is the difficult problem in the early history ...
... Varius and Virgil . Poverty , in his own words , was the inspira- tion of his verse . " Paupertas impulit audax Ut versus facerem . " - Epist . II . ii . 51 . The interpretation of this line is the difficult problem in the early history ...
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