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65-8 BC Foremost Roman lyric poet during [[Augustus Caesar|Augustus]]' rule. ''Odes, Epodes, Satires, Epistles, Ars Poetica, etc. ''; coined phrases "seize the day" and "the golden mean".
65-8 BC Foremost Roman lyric poet during [[Augustus Caesar|Augustus]]' rule. ''Odes, Epodes, Satires, Epistles, Ars Poetica, etc. ''; coined phrases "seize the day," "the golden mean," and "[[Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori]]."
Horace was privy to the Circle of [[Myceneas]], an elite group of poets under the direct sponsorship of Augustus, that largely produced panegyrical works.
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