Two Centuries of Roman Poetry (Latin Texts)

ISBN: 1853995274

Author: Davis, Arthur Robin

Condition: New

Firstpublished by Macmillian in 1964, this volume is designed to introduce students to a wider range of Latinpoetry than they would encounter in a simple author prescription. The firstcentury BC is represented by Lucretius and Catullus, the Augustan era byVirgil, Horace and Ovid, and the Silver age by Juvenal and Martial. Passagesare chosen for their own intrinsic interest - Ovid on Romulus and Remus,Juvenal on the dangers of Rome at night, the sheild of Aeneas from VirgilAeneid VIII ; they cover a wide variety of genres and styles - bothSatires and Odes of Horace, elegiacs from the Fasti and hexameters from theMetamorphoses of Ovid. There are extensive notes on language and content, anintroduction on metre and a full vocabulary.