Horatius

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Horatius is the Latin name of the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, renowned for his odes, satires, and influential contributions to classical literature.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-language writer
Roman poet
classical author
lyric poet
person
satirist
birthDate 65 BC
birthPlace Venusia
birthRegion Apulia
Southern Italy
closeFriend Gaius Maecenas
cognomen Flaccus
countryOfCitizenship Roman Republic
culture Ancient Roman
deathDate 8 BC
deathPlace Rome
educatedAt Athens
Rome
familyName Horatius
famousExpression aurea mediocritas
carpe diem
dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
fullName Quintus Horatius Flaccus
genre epistolary poetry
lyric poetry
satire
givenName Quintus
influenced Roman literature
Western poetry
neoclassical literature
knownFor Latin lyric odes
literary theory in Ars Poetica
moral and philosophical satires
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
movement Augustan literature
nativeLanguage Latin
notableWork Ars Poetica
Epistles
Epodes
Odes
Satires
occupation civil servant
literary critic
poet
satirist
participatedIn Battle of Philippi
patron Augustus
Gaius Maecenas
servedIn army of Marcus Junius Brutus
timePeriod 1st century BC

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