Lyrical poet, satirist and Latin philosopher born in Venusia, later Venosa, Italy, whose work exerted strong influence on Renaissance and classicist authors in general, is considered a model of formal perfection and content ethical.
The son of an emancipated slave and tax collector, he was educated in Rome and Athens and established himself in Rome as a scribe to the Quaestors. After the assassination of Julius Caesar (44 a. C.), he joined the republican group and commanded a legion of the army of Brutus at the battle of Philippi. Despite the defeat, he was able to return to Rome thanks to an amnesty.
He secured an administrative post and entered literary circles under the protection of the influential Gaius Maecenas and became the first professional Roman literate. He enjoyed great prestige with the Emperor Augustus, who at his request composed Carmen saeculare (20 a. C.), an epistolary hymn of liturgical character dedicated to Apollo and Diana.
He wrote in Latin and his work comprised four books of odes (Carmina, 19 a. C.), one of epodos, two of satires, the Sermones, two of epistles, the Carmem saeculare, written in hexameters, and the letter to the Pisões, the poetic Art). His first known book Satires (35 a. C.), contains ten poems in which he discusses ethical issues.
The epodos formed a collection of 17 poems (41-31 a. C.) and, soon after published his second book of satires (30 a. Ç.). His masterpiece, however, are the three books of lyrical poems, the Odes (23 a. C.), complemented by a fourth volume (13 a. Ç.).
His poetry is so sententious that many of his verses ended up becoming proverbs. The influence of his poetry on literature gave rise to Horatianism. His main works, of impeccable formal perfection, are dedicated to love, both sexes, wine and the joy of life.
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