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Definition of Horace

1. Noun. Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC).

Definition of Horace

1. Proper noun. Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a poet and philosopher of the Roman Augustan Age. Born 65 (B.C.E.) in Venusia, died 27 November, 8 (B.C.E.) in Rome. Horace was a contemporary and friend of Virgil. Although of low birth, Horace was admired by the emperor Emperor Augustus and was offered, but refused, to become his private secretary. ¹

2. Proper noun. ( male given name) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Horace

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"written sharper satires than either horace or Juvenal, it' he would have employ'd his talent that way. I will produce a verse and half of his, ..."

2. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"As a young man horace went to Athens and studied philosophy at the famous schools. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the army of Brutus, ..."

3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"IMITATIONS OF horace 1737 I have perused the last lampoon of your ingenious friend, and am not surprised you did not find me out under the name of Sappho, ..."

4. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1918)
"1899. arton, J. The Life of horace Greeley, Editor of the New York Tribune. ... 1873. roceedings at the Unveiling of a Memorial to horace Greeley at ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Born in 1717, the son of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, the horace WALPOLE fashionable world of the day was his by inheritance. ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Class J 12:230-46 Ja 13:393-410 Mr 48 horace and Valerius Cato. ... Class J 13:258-66 Ja '18 Remarks on the first ode of horace. HM Martin. ..."

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