fourth book of Odes, focusing again on the poet's advancement over his models. Although Horace received largely positive reviews, Fraenkel was disappointed with the reactions from the scholarly community. Having described it as "highly original", Williams wrote that "[the book's] faults too are clear. Fraenkel was inclined to assume a simple relationship between the poet's poetry and his life". He added that Fraenkel's view of Augustus as a "benevolent and reluctant monarch" produced a flawed picture of the relationship of poetry and politics. Reviewing the work for The Classical Journal, the Latinist Janice Benario stated that the book "might be considered an encyclopedia of Horace, so vast is the material covered", deeming it "indispensable to the teacher of Horace at any level". The Latinist viewed the book as "one of the great accomplishments of Latin philology" ()", but highlighted Fraenkel's concept of poetic maturation in the Epodes and Satires as its weakest argument. Reception Summarising Fraenkel's contributions to the discipline, the Hellenist Hugh Lloyd-Jones described him as "one of the most learned classical scholars of his time" due to his acquaintance with a diverse range of disciplines within the Classics. According to Williams, Fraenkel's most influential writings were his monograph on Plautus and his many journal articles because they "express the true excitement of intellectual discovery". Williams also highlighted Fraenkel's ability to discern "unexpected connections between unconnected facts". The historian of classical scholarship Christopher Stray views Fraenkel as "one of the greatest classical scholars of the twentieth century." In 2007, the Hellenist Stephanie West published a book chapter exploring the impact of Fraenkel's arrival at Oxford. Drawing on her own recollection and that of other Oxford classicists, she described his seminars as his most important contribution to classical teaching as the meetings were attended mainly by undergraduates with whom Fraenkel shared his broad knowledge in several areas of the Classics. Acknowledging the influence of these seminars on the intellectual development of many Oxford undergraduates, the Hellenist Martin West wrote: "Here we saw German philology in action; we felt it reverberate through us as he patrolled the room behind our chairs[...] We knew, and could not doubt, that this was what Classical Scholarship was and that it was for us to learn to carry it on." The philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch, who had been a student at Oxford, composed a poem entitled 'The Agamemnon Class, 1939' which juxtaposed Fraenkel's seminar