=Horace=, son of Oronte (2 _syl._) and lover of Agnes. He first sees Agnes in a balcony, and takes off his hat in passing. Agnes returns his salute, “pour ne point manquer à la civilité.” He again takes off his hat, and she again returns the compliment. He bows a third time, and she returns his “politeness” a third time. “Il passe, vient, repasse, et toujours me fait a chaque fois révérence, et moi nouvelle révérence aussi je lui rendois.” An intimacy is soon established, which ripens into love. Oronte tells his son he intends him to marry the daughter of Enrique (2 _syl._), which he refuses to do; but it turns out that Agnes is in fact Enrique’s daughter, so that love and obedience are easily reconciled.—Molière, _L’école des Femmes_ (1662). _Horace_ (_The English_). Ben Jonson is so called by Dekker the dramatist (1574-1637). Cowley was preposterously called by George, duke of Buckingham “The Pindar, Horace, and Virgil of England” (1618-1667). _Horace_ (_The French_), Jean Macrinus or Salmon (1490-1557). Pierre Jean de Béranger is called “The Horace of France,” and “The French Burns” (1780-1857). _Horace_ (_The Portuguese_), A. Ferreira (1528-1569). _Horace_ (_The Spanish_). Both Lupercio Argen´sola and his brother Bartolome are so called. =Horace de Brienne= (2 _syl._), engaged to Diana de Lascours; but after the discovery of Ogari´ta [_alias_ Martha, Diana’s sister], he falls in love with her, and marries her with the free consent of his former choice.—E. Stirling, _The Orphan of the Frozen Sea_ (1856). =Horatia=, daughter of Horatius, “the Roman father.” She was engaged to Caius Curiatius, whom her surviving brother slew in the well-known combat of the three Romans and three Albans. For the purpose of being killed, she insulted her brother Publius in his triumph, and spoke disdainfully of his “patriotic love,” which he preferred to filial and brotherly affection. In his anger he stabbed his sister with his sword.—Whitehead, _The Roman Father_ (1741). =Hora´tio=, the intimate friend of Prince Hamlet.—Shakespeare, _Hamlet, Prince of Denmark_ (1596). _Horatio_, the friend and brother-in-law of Lord Al´tamont, who discovers by accident that Calista, Lord Altamont’s bride, has been seduced by Lothario, and informs Lord Altamont of it. A duel ensues between the bridegroom and the libertine, in which Lothario is killed; and Calista stabs herself.—N. Rowe, _The Fair Penitent_ (1703). =Horatius=, “the Roman father.” He is the father of the three Horatii chosen by the Roman Senate to espouse the cause of Rome against the Albans. He glories in the choice, preferring his country to his offspring. His daughter, Horatia, was espoused to one of the Curiatii, and was slain by her surviving brother for taunting him with murder under the name of patriotism. The old man now renounced his son, and would have given him up to justice, but king and people interposed in his behalf.