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| What is Horace's full name? | Quintus Horatius Flaccus |
| What are Horace's dates? | 65-8 B.C. |
| In what town was Horace born and raised? | Venusia |
| In what district of Italy did Horace live in his youth? | Apulia |
| What was Horace's father's social status? | freedman |
| Which famous historian did a biography of Horace? | Suetonius |
| What goal did Horace's father have for his son's education? | give him the best education available |
| How many of his published works survive? | all |
| Who was Horace's infamous teacher during the early years of his education? | Orbilius |
| What Latin nickname (and translation) was given to Horace's nasty teacher? | plagosus ("The wacker") |
| Where did Horace do his college level studies? | Athens |
| What were the two great intellectual influences while Horace studied in Greece? | lyric poetry and Epicureanism |
| On whose side did Horace fight during the Civil War? | Brutus' |
| What job did Horace hold in Rome after the Civil War? | clerk |
| What famous poet became Horace's closest friend after the Civil War? | Vergil |
| Who became Horace's patron? | Maecenas |
| Who introduced Horace to Maecenas? | Vergil |
| What great gift did Maecenas give Horace? | the Sabine farm |
| What three genres of literature did Horace write? | satire, lyric poetry and literary criticism |
| How many poems in the Epodes? | 17 |
| What are some topics of the Epodes? | politics, love and lampoons of enemies |
| What were the Sermones | satires |
| How was Horace's style of satire different from most other writers of satire? | it lacks the nasty inventive common in most satires |
| One of Horace's satires is about a journey. What was his destination? | Brundisium |
| With whom did Horace travel on his journey to Brundisium? | Vergil and Maecenas |
| In one of Horace's satires he meets someone in the Forum. Whom did he meet? | a bore |
| What is the subject of Satire II.6? | the country and city mouse |
| What work is considered Horace's magnum opus? | The Odes |
| How many books are in the Odes? | 4 |
| Who are the primary Greek models for Horace's Odes? | Sappho and Alcaeus |
| What are some subjects which Horace pursues in his Odes? | love, wine, duties of a Roman, immortality, the Golden Mean, carpe diem, the fleeting years, the delights of spring, the Stoic concept of the upright man,... |
| What is the theme of Horace's "exegi monumentum"? | immortality |
| What is the Latin phrase which reflects the "Gather ye rosebuds..."? | carpe diem |
| What is the Latin phrase behind "the upright man"? | integer vitae |
| What is the Latin for "the golden mean"? | aurea mediocritas |
| In which book do we find the "Roman Odes"? | III |
| What is the theme of the "Roman Odes"? | patriotism |
| What is Horace's philosophy in his Odes? | to live simply, nothing in excess and live a life of moderation |
| Which work of Horace is about literary criticism? | Ars Poetica |
| What work did Horace compose at the request of Augustus? | Carmen Saeculare |
