This wide-ranging selection showcases the work of one of ancient Rome s master poets and originator of the phrase carpe diem whose influence on poetry can be traced through the centuries into our own time.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, who lived from 65 to 8 BCE, saw the death of the Roman Republic[...]
A WISE AND WITTY REVIVIAL OF THE ROMAN POET WHO TAUGHT US HOW TO CARPE DIEM
How do we fill the void created by the excesses of a superficial society? How do we confront the inevitability of death? In "Horace and Me: Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet," poet and critic Harry Eyres reexamines the R[...]
The influence of the Roman poet Horace on Ben Jonson has often been acknowledged, but never fully explored. Discussing Jonson's Horatianism in detail, this study also places Jonson's densely intertextual relationship with Horace's Latin text within the broader context of his complex negotiations wit[...]
Horace lived at a pivotal moment. Rome was facing a profound crisis: though it ruled the world, the values which had made it great were disintegrating. As efficiency and pragmatism became watchwords, Horace championed the 'supremely useless' endeavour of poetry, and glorified friendship and wine[...]