Satires 2.5 (Horace) Satires 2.5 (Horace) Published around 30 BCE, the second book of Satires is a series of poems composed in dactylic hexameter by the Roman poet Horace. Satires 2.5 stands out in the work for its unique analysis of legacy hunting. Horace's "Satire Book II, Satire V" is poem about a discussion between Ulysses and Tiresias that is presented as a continuation of their interaction in the underworld in Book 11 of Homer's "Odyssey". Ulysses is concerned that he will have no wealth once he returns to Ithaca because the suitors will have squandered the contents of his storehouses. Stating bluntly
Carmen Dolores Carmen Dolores Emília Moncorvo Bandeira de Melo (1852–1910) was a Brazilian poet and play-writer who commonly wrote under the pseudonym Carmen Dolores. Other pseudonyms she used were Júlia de Castro, Leonel Sampaio, Célia Márcia, and Mário Villar. She was best known for publishing short stories, novels, plays, literacy criticism, and journalistic essays or "crônicas." Emília Moncorvo de Figueiredo was born on March 11, 1852 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Dr. Carlos Honório de Figueiredo and D. Emília Moncorvo de Figueiredo. Raised by a traditional upper-class family, she received an education and initially, began writing as a hobby. She married