Horace: Poet on a Volcano

by Peter Stothard

A biography of Horace, one of the most popular poets from antiquity, revealing the little-known man behind his famous lines

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BCE) wrote some of ancient Rome's greatest poetry, melding languages and cultures with youthful ideals and a realist's recognition of the dictatorial world around him. Horace is famed for his fine phrases, lyric sex, and guidance on how to live, but he was a poet maddened by war,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300256582
• ISBN13: 9780300256581
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages