![]() ![]() imitated and practised the form and poetical style propounded by him. His contribution to classical criticism and poetry is very significant, many later Roman and English poets like Milton, Pope, Marvell, Sidney, etc. ![]() His views on literature are scattered through his other works but Ars Poetica includes major observations on literature and criticism. His fame as a literary critic rests upon his seminal treatise Ars Poetica or Art of Poetry (19 BC), later this title is given by Quintilian, originally it was Epistle to Pisos-a letter composition in verse form. The views of Plato and Aristotle are centred on philosophy, as basically they were philosophers but Horace was a practising poet who composed odes and satires including Satires Book I (35 BC), Satires Book II (30 BC), Epodes (29 BC), Odes Book I-III (23 BC), Epistles Book I (20 BC), etc. ![]() Horace was a close friend to the greatest contemporary Roman poet Virgil and is remembered for his contribution to creative literature i.e. It was the glorious and golden age of Augustan, named after the first Roman emperor Octovian Augustus, the great patron and sympathiser of arts and literature. With Horace, the scene of classical criticism turned from 4th century BC to 1st century BC, from Greek to Roman masters. Quintus Horatius Flaccus better known as Horace (65-8 BC), a distinguished practising Roman poet and literary critic has an influential imprint on the classical literary criticism after Greek masters Plato and Aristotle. ![]()
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