Satires of Horace
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The *Satires* of Horace are a collection of Latin poetic works that humorously and insightfully critique Roman society, morals, and everyday life in the late first century BCE.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horace Satires | 1 |
| Satires Book 1 | 1 |
| Satires of Horace canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literature
ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sermones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Satires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionEnd | circa 30 BCE ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionStart | circa 40 BCE ⓘ |
| author | Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| book1PoemCount | 10 ⓘ |
| book2PoemCount | 8 ⓘ |
| bookCount | 2 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | late 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| firstBookApproxDate | circa 35 BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy | Epistles of Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| historicalContext | age of Augustus ⓘ |
| influenced |
European verse satire
ⓘ
Juvenal NERFINISHED ⓘ Persius NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman satire ⓘ |
| latinTitle | Sermones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter poetry ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | Lucilius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metre | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
contentment with little
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ moderation ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Horace's works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Epicureanism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | early lyric experiments of Horace ⓘ |
| secondBookApproxDate | circa 30 BCE ⓘ |
| setting | late Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
colloquial Latin
ⓘ
conversational ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Roman society
ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ morality ⓘ philosophy of the good life ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ moralizing ⓘ |
| totalPoems | 18 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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Horace Satires