Horace's Epodes is a book of 17 poems, published around 30-29 BCE. It contains many of the earliest poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, better known as Horace (65-8 BCE); some were written before his acquaintance with Maecenas, patron of the arts. [image:17196] Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus was born on 8 December 65 BCE in the town of Venusia, located in the Italian province of Apulia...