Cultural Context

I usually find it very hard to figure out what is going on in these poems and what Horace could possibly be talking about. The article Professor Malamud posted on UB Learns is awesome at aiding with this. If you haven't read it already read it! I know in class we talked about how it was similar to Virgil, but this article goes into so much depth and shows things that I would have never known Horace was saying. The themes make a lot of sense and I feel like I understand the Satire much better and appreciate it more because of it!