quintus horatius flaccus Flashcards
horace full name
quintus horatius flaccus
horace years
65-8 BC
who was born in venusia
horace
where was horace born
venusia
what is a coactor exactionum
(collector of payments at auctions
what was horace’s father’s occupation
coactor exactionum (collector of payments at auctions)
which of horace’s odes refer to his humble beginnings
II.20 and III.30
which of horace’s satires shows gratitude for his father
1.6
who did horace study under
orbilius
who was orbilius’ student
horace
who did horace fight with in the civil war
brutus
who did brutus fight with in the civil war
horace
what was horace’s role in the civil war
tribunus militum-in command of a legion
who was a tribunus militum-in command of a legion iin the civil war
horace
what is a tribunus militum
in command of a legion
who fled from the battle of philippi
horace
who became a scriba quaestorius
horace
what is a scriba quaestorius
clerk of quaestor
who gave horace a sabine farm
maecenas
what did maecenas give to horace
a sabine farm
did horace like his farm
he absolutely did
who introduced horace to maecenas
vergil and varius rufus
who did vergil and varius rufus introfuce horace to
maecenas
who wrote epodes
horace
what was horace’s first work
epodes
what did horace call his epodes
“iambi”
how many poems is epodes
17
how does one write an epode
longer verse followed by a shorter one
when was horace’s epodes published
30 BC
what was special about horace’s last epode
it is written in iambic trimeter– not epodic
who wrote odes
horace
who was the influence of horace’s’ book 4 of odes
pindar
what book of horace’s odes in inspired by pindar
4
how many odes are there in total in horace’s odes
88
who wrote sermones
horace
what of horace’s work includes his satires
sermones
who wrote epistulae
horace
who wrote ars poetica
horace
who wrote carmen saeculare
horace
what was horace’s carmen saeculare written for
maidens to sing
where was horace’s carmen saeculare sung
ludi saeculares
meter of horace’s carmen saeculare
sapphic
who commissioned horace to write carmen saeculare
augustus
who edited horace’s works
M. Valerius Probus
whose work did M. Valerius Probus edit
horace’s
who commented on horace’s work
Pomponius Porphyrio
whose work did Pomponius Porphyrio comment on
horace’s
who called horace “felicissime audax”
quintilian
who called horace “curiosa felicitas”
petronius
how did horace refer to himself
as an “epicurean pig” and ridicules stoicism
who called himself an “epicurean pig” and ridicules stoicism
horace
