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Horace and Me: Life Lessons from an Ancient Poet
A wise and witty revival of the Roman poet who taught us how to carpe diem, Horace and Me reexamines Horace's life, legacy, and verse creating a meditation on living well, a convincing case for the importance of poetry, and relates a moving tale of personal discovery . . .
With a light, lyrical touch and a keen critical eye, Eyres reveals a lively, relevant Horace, whose society (Rome at the dawn of the empire) is much more similar to our own than we might want to believe.
"Part biography of Horace, part autobiography of Eyres, part literary criticism, part travel (and wine) guide, part philosophical musing, and in its entirety poetic and musical. Its inner message is poetry's power and relevance in a world squashed with materialism and its obsession with quantifiable measurements." -- The Telegraph