Horace Latin the spirit and iambic poetry of Archilochus but (unlike Archilochus) without persecuting anyone ("Epistles" 1.19.23–5). It was no idle boast. His "Epodes" were modeled on the verses of the Greek poet, as 'blame poetry', yet he avoided targeting real scapegoats. Whereas Archilochus presented himself as a serious and vigorous opponent of wrong-doers, Horace aimed for comic effects and adopted the persona of a weak and ineffectual critic of his times (as symbolized for example in his surrender to the witch Canidia in the final epode). He also claimed to be the first to introduce into Latin the lyrical methods
Pauline epistles as it was common to attribute at that point in history. Seven letters (with consensus dates) considered genuine by most scholars: The letters on which scholars are about evenly divided: The letters thought to be pseudepigraphic by about 80% of scholars: Finally, Epistle to the Hebrews, though anonymous and not really in the form of a letter, has long been included among Paul's collected letters, but most scholars now regard it as not written by Paul. Paul's own writings are often thought to indicate several of his letters that have not been preserved: Pauline epistles The Pauline epistles, Epistles of