Chapters (26)
- HORACE
- From the Series Ancient Classics for English Readers Edited By Rev. W. Lucas Collins, M. A.
- EXPANDED CONTENTS.
- PREFACE.
- QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS.
- BORN, A.U.C. 689, B.C. 65. DIED, A.U.C. 746, B.C. 8.
- CHAPTER I.
- BIRTH.—EDUCATION.—CAMPAIGN WITH BRUTUS AND CASSIUS.
- CHAPTER II.
- RETURNS TO ROME AFTER BATTLE OF PHILIPPI.—EARLY POEMS.
- TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE.
- ALPHIUS.
- CHAPTER III.
- INTRODUCTION TO MAECENAS.—THE JOURNEY TO BRUNDUSIUM.
- CHAPTER IV.
- CHAPTER V.
- LIFE IN ROME.—HORACE'S BORE.—EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE ROMAN DINNERS.
- CHAPTER VI.
- HORACE'S LOVE POETRY.
- CHAPTER VII.
- HORACE'S POEMS TO HIS FRIENDS.—HIS PRAISES OF CONTENTMENT.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- CHAPTER IX.
- HORACE'S RELATIONS WITH AUGUSTUS.—HIS LOVE OF INDEPENDENCE.
- CHAPTER X.
- NON OMNIS MORIAR.
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