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Who was Horace?
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This chapter illustrates Horace’s extensive influence on the modern world before offering a succinct narrative of his life, the son of an ex-slave who somehow managed to enjoy the best education available in Rome, culminating in ‘higher education’ in Athens—where, however, contemporary upheavals caught up with him in the shape of Marcus Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar. Horace joined Brutus’ army and experienced the brutal conflict at Philippi, before returning to Rome with clipped wings and embarking on his poetic career. Remarks follow on the traditional character of Roman poetry, and also the inherent alienness to modern sensibilities of important aspects of Horace’s poetry. This poet was adopted as something approaching the voice of modern Europe, yet he originated in a culture fundamentally different from those modern societies.
Title: Who was Horace?
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Abstract
This chapter illustrates Horace’s extensive influence on the modern world before offering a succinct narrative of his life, the son of an ex-slave who somehow managed to enjoy the best education available in Rome, culminating in ‘higher education’ in Athens—where, however, contemporary upheavals caught up with him in the shape of Marcus Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar.
Horace joined Brutus’ army and experienced the brutal conflict at Philippi, before returning to Rome with clipped wings and embarking on his poetic career.
Remarks follow on the traditional character of Roman poetry, and also the inherent alienness to modern sensibilities of important aspects of Horace’s poetry.
This poet was adopted as something approaching the voice of modern Europe, yet he originated in a culture fundamentally different from those modern societies.
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