HORACE, QUINTUS HORATIUS

at Venusia, in Apulia; his father, of the freedman cla , contrived to have him educated at the same schools as tho sons of senators and magnates at Rome and at Athens. At Athens N. joined the forces of Brutus, and served in Philippi as tribune. His depreciation of his valour is an imitation of Archil och us and Alcaeus, and does not imply real cowardice. His homestead appears to have been twice confiscated, but his patron Maecenas stood by him in his time of trouble and bestowed on him the beloved Sabine farm. In 37 B.C., H. with Maecenas, Vergil, and others, made the famous lourney to Brundisium (Sat.i.5). When ‘Vergil died (19 B.C.) Horace became chief court poet and voiced the ideals of August us. __ His Satires are not vindictive in tone; they employ ridicule and not invective. The Hpistles in tone are not unlike the moral e ays of Pope. The Hpodes sre le delicate in sentiment,le restrained in pa ion. The Ars Peetica and the 2nd book of the Hpisiles are poetic treatises of literary art and critisism. The Odes, __ his lyrical poems, are H.’s greatest work; they are not original in sentiment or pa ionate in feeling, but they are polished, chaste, and perfect in expre ion. HORZ (cla ical myth.); the ‘Seasons’; three beautiful maidens, Hunomia, Dike, and Hirene, dau’s of Zeus and ‘Them is, who presided over spring, summer, and autumn, and, in a le er degree, the hours. In the latter capacity it was their daily duty to harne the heavenly horses to the chariot of the Sun. Greek of Egypt to whom Gk. treatises on Egyptian hieroglyphics are ascribed. HORATH, THE THREE, three Rom. bro’s, who in legendary Rom. history met in battle three bro’s called the Curiatii, of the Alban nation, to decide a national dispute. Two of the Horatii were slain, the third feigned flight, then turning, slew his foes one by one. HORATIUS COCLES, hero of Rom. legend; said to have held the Tiber bridge single-handed against the EtrusCans under Lars Porsena. Mountain, Palestine; alternatively called Sinai (q.v.). nus of plants of order Labiatoe; White H. (M. vulgare) is used medicinally as tonic. laxative, and as sedative for coughs.