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Exuberantly mocking the vices and pretensions of his Roman contemporaries, Horace's Satires are stuffed full of comic vignettes, moral insights, and his pervasive humanity. Boasting famous episodes such as the fable of the town mouse and the country mouse and the grotesque dinner... Read Full Overview

Early in his life, and again in maturity, Horace sought to turn his poetic skills to the uses of moral and aesthetic discussion in the series of didactic works translated here. In the Satires, Horace adopts one persona after another, each of which reduces himself to absurdity... Read Full Overview

The writings of Horace have exerted strong and continuing influence on writers from his day to our own. Sophisticated and intellectual, witty and frank, he speaks to the cultivated and civilized world of today with the same astringent candor and sprightliness that appeared so... Read Full Overview

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The Satires and Epistles of Horace is a collection of works by the ancient Roman poet Horace, originally published in 1915. The book includes a selection of Horace's satirical and epistolary poems, which are known for their wit, humor, and social commentary. The satires, in particular,... Read Full Overview

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