Horace's 'Epistle 1.16.' (poem by ancient Latin poet) From: The Explicator | Date: March 22, 1998| Author: Fitzwilliam, Robert J. | COPYRIGHT 1998 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Ancient Latin poet Horace's Epistle 1.16 is a poem that contains many idiosyncracies that puzzle scholars. First, the poem features no wit and humor so characteristic in the author's poems. Second, Horace does not shed light on who the character Quinctius is. The name appears in the first line of the verse and is thereafter ignored. Third, the poet over-effusively praises a farm given by his patron in the first 16 lines and then drops the subject from the rest of the poem.

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