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Detailed explanation-1: -Horace, Latin in full Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (born December 65 bc, Venusia, Italy-died Nov. 27, 8 bc, Rome), outstanding Latin lyric poet and satirist under the emperor Augustus. The most frequent themes of his Odes and verse Epistles are love, friendship, philosophy, and the art of poetry.

Detailed explanation-2: -Horace is known for detailed self-portraits in genres such as epodes, satires and epistles, and lyrics. By offering a poetic persona who speaks to so many human concerns, Horace has encouraged each reader to feel that he or she is one of the poet’s circle, a friend in whom he confides.

Detailed explanation-3: -Horace’s first known works were the Epodes, which consisted of 17 poems, probably published in 30 BCE. The Epodes were written in the iambic meter, a Greek poetic form inspired by the work of Archilocus. Horace was one the earliest Roman poets to introduce this form of poetry to the Latin language.