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'''[[Horatius]]''' can refer to the Roman lyric poet, the English title of the French play ''[[Horace]]'' by Pierre Corneille or to the ''nom de plume'' used by a South African author and playwright.  
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'''[[Horatius]]''' can refer to a diverse range of people and items, including the famous Roman lyric poet (65 BC- 8 BC)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace]; to [[Horatius Cocles]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatius_Cocles] the legendary soldier; to the English title of the French play ''[[Horace]]'' by Pierre Corneille; or to the ''nom de plume'' used by a South African author and playwright [[I.G. Horak]].  
  
 
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Written by the French dramatist Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684), with the title ''[[Horace]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_(play)], first performed in 1680 and published in 1641. Translated into English under the title ''[[Horatius]]''.
 
Written by the French dramatist Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684), with the title ''[[Horace]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_(play)], first performed in 1680 and published in 1641. Translated into English under the title ''[[Horatius]]''.
  
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[[I.G. Horak]] (1869-1944) was an author and playwright who on occasion used the ''nom de plume'' '''[[Horatius]]'''
 
 
 
== Biography ==
 
 
 
Born Isaac Gerhardus Horak on 12 May 12, 1869, he died on 27 September 1944.
 
 
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
 
 
He wrote a verse history of the South Arican history called ''Zuid Afrika : een beknopt overzicht van onze geschiedenis in vers van 1486 tot 1909'' and the play ''[[Mag is Reg]]'' ("Might is right", 1917), the latter  under the [[nom de plume]]  '''[[Horatius]]'''.
 
  
== Sources ==
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See the entry on '''[[I.G. Horak]]'''
 
 
https://www.geni.com/people/Isaac-Horak/6000000057841101996
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
 
Go to the  [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 4 June 2025

Horatius can refer to a diverse range of people and items, including the famous Roman lyric poet (65 BC- 8 BC)[1]; to Horatius Cocles[2] the legendary soldier; to the English title of the French play Horace by Pierre Corneille; or to the nom de plume used by a South African author and playwright I.G. Horak.

Horatius the poet (65 BC- 8 BC)

Horatius Cocles the hero of Corneille's play

Horatius the play

Written by the French dramatist Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684), with the title Horace[3], first performed in 1680 and published in 1641. Translated into English under the title Horatius.

Horatius the South African playwright

See the entry on I.G. Horak

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