Viggen Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 File Name: The Art Of Poetry by Horace File Submitter: Viggen File Submitted: 20 Sep 2014 File Category: Free Classic Works in PDF Ars Poetica, or "The Art of Poetry," is a poem written by Horace c. 19 BCE, in which he advises poets on the art of writing poetry and drama. The Ars Poetica has "exercised a great influence in later ages on European literature, notably on French drama..." and has inspired poets and writers through the ages. The poem was written in hexameter verse as an Epistle (or Letter) to Lucius Calpurnius Piso (the Roman senator and consul) and his two sons, and is sometimes referred to as the Epistula Ad Pisones, or "Epistle to the Pisos". The first mention of its name as the "Ars Poetica" was c. 95 by the classical literary critic Quintilian in his "Institutio Oratoria," and since then it has been known by that name. Click here to download this file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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