Poetry

Horace: Odes and Epodes

by Horace

Short poems on wine, friendship, love, the seasons and the passing of time, in some of the most carefully made verse ever written. Carpe diem comes from here, and so does dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Horace, the son of a freed slave, claimed to have built a monument more lasting than bronze, and he was right.

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Reading time

About 1 hr 5 min

Where to find it

The Latin Reading Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #9646. In the public domain in the United States.