(Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65-8 BC) Roman lyric poet and satirist.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC) 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Poet who adapted Greek poetic meters to the Latin language; author of lyrical poetry laudatory of the empire; patronized by Augustus. (p. 157)