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Ars poetica

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Ars poetica

Poem by Horace, of uncertain date. It is a discussion of dramatic poetry based on Greek textbooks but full of the poet's own observations. It was regarded as an authoritative treatise and had an immense influence on the development of European drama.

It is unlikely that the poem was intended as a complete theory. It may have been written to dissuade one of the younger Pisos from a poetical career.



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