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The Epistles (or Letters) of Horace were published in two books, in 20 BC and 14 BC, respectively. Epistularum liber primus ( First Book of Letters ) is the seventh work by Horace, published in the year 20 BC.
Thus Horace claimed to be the free-born son of a prosperous 'coactor'. [16] The term 'coactor' could denote various roles, such as tax collector, but its use by Horace [ 17 ] was explained by scholia as a reference to 'coactor argentarius' i.e. an auctioneer with some of the functions of a banker, paying the seller out of his own funds and ...
The dramatic date of the Epodes is around the Battle of Actium, here imagined by Justus van Egmont.. Horace began writing his Epodes after the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC. He had fought as a military tribune in the losing army of Caesar's assassins and his fatherly estate was confiscated in the aftermath of the battle.
Satires (Horace) The Satires (Latin: Saturae or Sermones) is a collection of satirical poems written in Latin dactylic hexameters by the Roman poet Horace.Published probably in 35 BC and at the latest, by 33 BC, [1] [2] the first book of Satires represents Horace's first published work.
Book 1 consists of 38 poems. The opening sequence of nine poems are all in a different metre, with a tenth metre appearing in 1.11. It has been suggested that poems 1.12–1.18 form a second parade, this time of allusions to or imitations of a variety of Greek lyric poets: Pindar in 1.12, Sappho in 1.13, Alcaeus in 1.14, Bacchylides in 1.15, Stesichorus in 1.16, Anacreon in 1.17, and Alcaeus ...
Various authors wrote further epistles and the Apocalypse of John. [14] Among the writings considered central to the development of Christianity are the Pauline epistles, letters written or more accurately "dictated" [Note 1] by Paul of Tarsus to various churches. All of Paul's extant letters are now regarded as scripture.
The Carmen saeculare is unique in the knowledge the circumstances surrounding its performance. According to Alessandro Barchiesi, it is "the only surviving poem in Latin of which we know time and place of a choral performance, and independent evidence confirms that this definitely happened". [11]
The Epistle of the Apostles (Latin: Epistula Apostolorum) is a work of New Testament apocrypha.Despite its name, it is more a gospel or an apocalypse than an epistle.The work takes the form of an open letter purportedly from the remaining eleven apostles describing key events of the life of Jesus, followed by a dialogue between the resurrected Jesus and the apostles where Jesus reveals ...