Saturday, May 1, 2010

Horace, Ovid, or Catullus

Three of the greatest poets of all time the Roman poets Horace, Ovid, & Catullus shared the fame of the modern poets of their day. Horace enjoyed perhaps the greatest of fame with the people of Rome especially the upper class as he did not tend to write about anything that could possibly create any discrepancies among the people. Unlike Ovid and Catullus he did not use any vulgar language but did write about the everyday events with philosophical meanings whereas the other two seemed to write in a more blatant manner when writing about everyday events. Catullus is my favorite poet by far because of how he wrote blatantly with a sort of hidden meaning behind it as well. The way he used the same beat every line along with writing in an understanding way is purely genius. The stories he writes are also very entertaining as well, and these combined are what wins me over with Catullus' writing.

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