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Horace is a poet of surprising contradictions who lived through the most dramatic period of social and political revolution in Rome. From fighting on the losing side in the civil war, he became a confidant of his recent enemies. From humble beginnings as the son of a freedman, he rocketed to the very centre of the Roman establishment.
Review Quotes: According to the poet Horace, poets try to give us profit as well as pleasure. Philip Hills's Horace has given me both. He has written the best introduction to my friend and your friend. It deserves to be THE gateway to Horace for a generation.