This author wrote about the ridiculousness of a feathery creature with a horse's body and man's head in a letter to the Pisones. Thanks to his patron Maecenas, this poet lived on a "Sabine Farm" that he wrote of frequently. On poem by this man urges diligence against the Parthians and notes that it is sweet and (*) right to die for one's country. This poet praised Homer for beginning the Iliad "in medias res." For 10 poin
This author wrote about the ridiculousness of a feathery creature with a horse's body and man's head in a letter to the Pisones. Thanks to his patron Maecenas, this poet lived on a "Sabine Farm" that he wrote of frequently. On poem by this man urges diligence against the Parthians and notes that it is sweet and (*) right to die for one's country. This poet praised Homer for beginning the Iliad "in medias res." For 10 points, name this Roman poet of four books of Odes and a manual of literary theory entitled Ars Poetica.
This author wrote about the ridiculousness of a feathery creature with a horse's body and man's head in a letter to the Pisones.
{Horace} [or {Quintus Horatius Flaccus}]