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The famous, «rich in rhythms» lyricist, author of colourful «Satires» and philosophical «Epistles» Quintus Horace Flaccus (65-8 BC. BC) left a poetic mosaic of life, unique in its diversity, which in its colours and tones vividly resonates with the realities of our time. Imbued with the ideas of the freedom-loving Hellenes, the singer of the balance of spirit and mental weather is the brightest exponent of the whole Greco-Roman culture. A sensual and virtuoso lyricist, a sadly smiling thinker and poetry theorist, he had a tremendous influence on European, including Ukrainian, culture. "I am a human being, and nothing human is alien to me," Horace could rightly say about himself in Terence's words; that is why he is interesting and close to the reader of all times.

An updated, complete, extensively commented translation of Horace's works in Ukrainian is published for the first time.