A Literary History of Rome: From the Origins to the Close of the Golden Age"In this masterly survey, Professor Duff shows how Roman literature developed from its early beginnings into the polished rhetoric of Cicero and the mature poetry of Virgil."--Back cover |
Contents
A FOREWORD ON ENVIRONMENT | 3 |
THE LATIN LANGUAGEITS HISTORY | 14 |
THE ROMAN CHARACTER AND RELIGION | 29 |
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Accius admiration Aeneas Aeneid Alexandrine Amores ancient atque Augustan Augustus Bährens Brut Caesar Cato Catullus century B.C. Cicero Ciris comedy consul criticism death dramatic Eclogues elegiac elegies Ennius epic Epicureanism epistle fragments Gallus Gellius genius Georgics Greek Hellenic hexameter Homer honour Horace Horace's iambic imperial influence interest Italian Italy J. P. Postgate language later Latin less letters lines literary Livius Livy Livy's Lucilius Lucretius lyric Maecenas Menander Messalla metre mihi Naevius nature orators oratory original Oscan Ovid Ovid's Pacuvius passion period philosophy Plautine Plautus plays poem poet poetae poetic poetry political Pollio Pompey praef Propertius prose quae quam quid Quintilian quod rhetoric Roman literature Rome Sallust satire satura Scipio slave speeches spirit style Suet Terence Teuffel theme Tibullus tion tragedy Varro verse viii Virgil Virgilian words writing wrote