Epistles by Horace
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Epistles by Horace is a collection of verse letters by the Roman poet Horace that blend moral reflection, literary criticism, and personal commentary in a conversational poetic style.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horace Epistles | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
poetry collection
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verse epistles ⓘ work by Horace ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Epistulae
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Letters ⓘ |
| author | Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition in antiquity ⓘ |
| contains |
Epistle to the Pisos
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Epistles Book I NERFINISHED ⓘ Epistles Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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literary criticism ⓘ moral poetry ⓘ satirical poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual epistles addressed to friends and patrons ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Pope
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Boileau NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance literary criticism ⓘ Roman verse epistles ⓘ medieval Latin moral poetry ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse letters ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | hexameter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Horace’s works ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Epicureanism
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Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Ars Poetica
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Odes by Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ Satires by Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
conversational
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didactic ⓘ informal ⓘ |
| subject |
patronage
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poetry and poets ⓘ social life in Augustan Rome ⓘ |
| theme |
ethical philosophy
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friendship ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ moral reflection ⓘ personal conduct ⓘ poetic theory ⓘ the good life ⓘ |
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Horace Epistles