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
Carmen (name) Carmen (name) Carmen is a given name with two different origins. Its first root is Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, used as a nickname for "Carmel" and "Carmelo" (respectively), from Hebrew "karmel", "God's vineyard." The second origin is from Latin "carmen", which means "ode" or "poem" ("Patrium Carmen": ode to the motherland) and is also the root of the English word charm. The name of the Roman Goddess Carmenta based on this root comes from the purely Latin origin, as is the fragment of archaic Latin known as "Carmen Saliare". In English, the name is unisex; in Italian, Spanish, Romanian, and