Satires (Horace) still refers to him simply as "Orazio satiro" ("Inferno" 4.89). Conte (1994: 318) writes, "Over 1,000 medieval quotations from his "Satires" and "Epistles" have been traced, only about 250 from his "Carmina"." Satires (Horace) The Satires ( or "Sermones") is a collection of satirical poems written by the Roman poet, Horace. Composed in dactylic hexameters, the "Satires" explore the secrets of human happiness and literary perfection. Published probably in 35 BCE and at the latest, by 33 BCE, the first book of "Satires" represents Horace's first published work. It established him as one of the great poetic talents of the
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