Among the major surviving Ancient Rome poets of the classical period , only Catullus ( N ° 11 , 17 , 30 , 34 , 51 , 61 ) and Horace ( Odes ) wrote lyric poetry , which in the disputed view of some commentatorsS Lyons ' Music in the Odes of Horace ( 2010 ) provides evidence to the contrary. was no longer meant to be sung but instead read or recited .