Horace Epistle 1.13: Introduction
This short letter is to Vinnius, a messenger that has been entrusted with delivering Horace’s Odes to Augustus. Horace peppers the letter with advice to Vinnius on the proper way to carry his poems, and the proper time to try to give them to the emperor. Clearly, Horace is intimidated by and modest before Augustus […]
1.2.2) Horace Epistle 1.2
Troiani belli scriptorem, Maxime Lolli, dum tu declamas Romae, Praeneste relegi; qui, quid sit pulcrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit. cur ita crediderim, nisi quid te detinet, audi. 5 fabula qua Paridis propter narratur amorem Graecia barbariae lento conlisa duello, stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus. Antenor […]
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