Horace: Epistles Book II and Ars PoeticaThis volume fulfills the need for a student edition of Horace's literary epistles, which have recently been the subject of renewed scholarly interest. Professor Rudd provides a clear introduction to each of the three poems: the Epistles to Augustus, to Florus, and to the Pisones (the so called Ars Poetica). He sketches the historical context in which the poems were written and comments on their structure and purpose. He also discusses their literary