Numerosus Horatius: Some Thoughts on Ovid and Horace

This article draws attention to the numerous large- and small-scale similarities between the poetry of Horace and Ovid in order to argue that Horace is a key and unnoticed influence on Ovid. Finally, it more speculatively offers the suggestion that some of the difficulties we traditionally have in accommodating Horace’s changes of side are due to Ovid’s decision to set himself and his career in opposition to Horace.