Horace ninth century as well. Traube had focused too much on Horace's "Satires". Almost all of Horace's work found favor in the Medieval period. In fact medieval scholars were also guilty of over-schematism, associating Horace's different genres with the different ages of man. A twelfth century scholar encapsulated the theory: "...Horace wrote four different kinds of poems on account of the four ages, the "Odes" for boys, the "Ars Poetica" for young men, the "Satires" for mature men, the "Epistles" for old and complete men." It was even thought that Horace had composed his works in the order in which they
Christian Falster Christian Falster Christian Falster (January 1, 1690 – October 24, 1752) was a Danish poet and philologist, born at Branderslev (island of Laaland). He became rector of the school at Ribe. He preferred to live there, refusing to accept better positions, and keeping his rectorship. He published translations of Ovid (1719) and the Satires of Juvenal (1731); 11 original satires on his times, often reprinted (1720–39); and in Latin a number of works, such as "Viglia Prima Noctium Ripensiun" (1721); "Memori Obscur (1722); Amnitates Philologic" (three volumes, 1821–32). The editors of "The Classical Journal" wrote that: Falster thought that all