Horace takes a break and a drink

Signing off having completed his first book of Odes, Horace enjoys a well-earned drink and celebrates the superiority of such simple Roman pleasures over luxurious Eastern fashions.

Hear Horace’s poem in his original Latin and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

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