"Horatius at the Bridge"

From What Your Third Grader Needs to Know

Edited by E.D. Hirsch

Grade:

3-5

ISBN-13:

978-0553394665

Publisher:

Bantam (2015)

This legendary story of the Roman hero, Horatius, inspires courage, magnanimity, and patriotism. Horatius hatches a daring plan, and, in a courageous and self sacrificial act, saves the city of Rome from the Etruscans as they approach to storm the city. When reading with students, it is worth including excerpts from the poem written by Thomas Macaulay which has powerfully immortalized these events.