Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy: Tradition & Cultural Contrasts

by Giorgio a Pinton and Giorgio A. Pinton

The Latin poet Horace, known as Quintus Horatius Flaccus, was born in Venosa, a small town lost among the Southern Apennines, not too far from the cave-town of Matera, far away from Augustan Rome, in the last century of the gentile Era that subsided to the Christian Triumphs. As Horace conquered Imperial Rome with his Odes and Satires, he accumulated wisdom and wealth. He knew when the time came for him to retire to his serene, secure, and peaceful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497348706
• ISBN13: 9781497348707
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.0" x 10.0"