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| - | '''Quintus Horatius Flaccus''', ([[December 8]], [[65 BC]] - [[November 27]], [[8 BC]]), known in the [[English language|English-speaking]] world as '''Horace''', was the leading [[Roman Empire| Roman]] [[Lyric poetry|lyric poet]] during the time of [[Augustus]].{{GFDL}} | + | '''Quintus Horatius Flaccus''', ([[December 8]], [[65 BC]] - [[November 27]], [[8 BC]]), known in the [[English language|English-speaking]] world as '''Horace''', was the leading [[Roman Empire| Roman]] [[Lyric poetry|lyric poet]] during the time of [[Augustus]]. |
| + | ==In later culture== | ||
| + | * A fifth book of ''Odes'' was published in 1921, written by [[Rudyard Kipling]] and [[Charles Graves]]. | ||
| + | * [[Dante]], in ''[[Divine Comedy#Inferno|Inferno]]'' ranks him side by side with [[Marcus Annaeus Lucanus|Lucan]], [[Homer]], [[Ovid]] and [[Virgil]] (''Inferno'', IV,88). | ||
| + | * Is the main character of the Oxford Latin Course portrayed by Brian Vassallo. | ||
| + | * In the film ''[[Red Dragon (film)|Red Dragon]]'', [[Hannibal Lecter]] quotes him. | ||
| + | * In the ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' episode entitled "Gone Efficien...t", Harvey's frenetic attempt at efficiency is stymied by having to wait for the closing arguments of a drawling defence attorney who, in summation of his arguments, insists on quoting Horace at length. | ||
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| + | ===English translators=== | ||
| + | *Perhaps the finest English translator of Horace was [[John Dryden]], who successfully adapted most of the ''Odes'' into verse for readers of his own age. These translations are favored by many scholars despite some textual variations. Others favor unrhymed translations. | ||
| + | *In 1964 [[James Michie]] published a translation of the ''Odes''—many of them fully rhymed—including a dozen of the poems in the original [[Sapphic stanza|Sapphic]] and [[Alcaic]] metres. | ||
| + | *''[[Ars Poetica]]'' was first translated into English by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]]. | ||
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.
In later culture
- A fifth book of Odes was published in 1921, written by Rudyard Kipling and Charles Graves.
- Dante, in Inferno ranks him side by side with Lucan, Homer, Ovid and Virgil (Inferno, IV,88).
- Is the main character of the Oxford Latin Course portrayed by Brian Vassallo.
- In the film Red Dragon, Hannibal Lecter quotes him.
- In the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode entitled "Gone Efficien...t", Harvey's frenetic attempt at efficiency is stymied by having to wait for the closing arguments of a drawling defence attorney who, in summation of his arguments, insists on quoting Horace at length.
English translators
- Perhaps the finest English translator of Horace was John Dryden, who successfully adapted most of the Odes into verse for readers of his own age. These translations are favored by many scholars despite some textual variations. Others favor unrhymed translations.
- In 1964 James Michie published a translation of the Odes—many of them fully rhymed—including a dozen of the poems in the original Sapphic and Alcaic metres.
- Ars Poetica was first translated into English by Queen Elizabeth I.
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