For 10 points—name this writer who imitated Anacreon and Sappho, and inspired many later writers with his four books of Odes.
Having fled the battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he returned to Rome under the general amnesty, where he began his literary career. He soon befriended Virgil, and gained the patronage of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, who provided him an estate in the Roman countryside where he wrote many of his finest works. For 10 points—name this writer who imitated Anacreon and Sappho, and inspired many later writers with his four books of Odes.
Having fled the battle of Philippi in 42 BC, he returned to Rome under the general amnesty, where he began his literary career.
{Horace} or Quintus {Horatius} Flaccus