This 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...