They are expressed with vigour and directness; but they want the subtle irony which pervades the Satires, Epistles, and ODES of Horace.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
These passages might be compared to the lyrical ODES in a Greek drama.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
So, also, in another sphere of poetry, while there are genuine touches of nature in all the ODES of Horace, yet the reproduction of Greek mythology which plays so large a part in many of them is a result of his artistic sympathy, and has not any vital root in his own belief or the beliefs of his age.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar