The Horace Trail is an amazing travelogue on disk that manages
to document all of the significant locations that Horace lived in, visited, or
mentioned in his poetry. It is a truly unique collection of photos, supported
by textual citations and other bits of information that will certainly assist
any students of Horace in creating a life-like impression of a man who lived
over two millenia ago and was the pre-eminent poet of his age. An excellent
companion to the Oxford Latin Course. The CD divides Horace’s life and work into:
The Early Years, Journeys in the East, the Trip to Brundisium, Maecenas and
Augustus, and Horace’s Italy. There is a handy glossary of names and places for
reference, and all 400 images used in the program are provided in JPEG format for
use in class projects,presentations, and web sites (with proper credit given).
Horace is the supreme poet of place--and this CD-ROM takes you there.
David West, Emeritus Professor of Latin, Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne