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Horace

Type Figure Region Italy Time -65–-8 Also known as Quintus Horatius Flaccus、Horace、昆图斯·贺拉斯·弗拉库斯

Horace (65–8 BCE), a leading lyric poet of Rome's Augustan age, whose Odes, Epistles, and Ars Poetica championed moderation and poetic craft, deeply …

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  1. -65–-42Venosa · CampaniaBorn in Venosa in southern Italy; his father was a former slave who gained freedom, and Horace received his education in Rome. At the Battle of Philippi in 42 BCE he fought on Brutus's side; after defeat his property was confiscated and he fell into hardship.
  2. c. -39–-23Rome · LazioIntroduced by Maecenas into Octavian's cultural circle, gifted a Sabine estate, he composed early Satires and Odes, expressing a desire for post-civil-war reconciliation through gentle satire and pastoral themes.
  3. -23–-8Rome · LazioCompleted four books of Odes and the Epistles, in which Ars Poetica proposed principles of poetic instruction and moderation, praising the peace and moral renewal under Octavian's rule, becoming a classic model of Latin lyric poetry and literary criticism.

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