Bibliograph

Latin literature, an anthology : translations from Latin prose and poetry, chosen by Michael Grant

Type

Label

Latin literature, an anthology : translations from Latin prose and poetry, chosen by Michael Grant

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references, chronology, and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Latin literature

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

908328598

Responsibility statement

chosen by Michael Grant

Series statement

Penguin classics

Sub title

an anthology : translations from Latin prose and poetry

Summary

"This classic anthology traces the development of Latin literature from the early Republican works of Cicero and Catullus, to the writers of the Empire such as Lucan and Petronius, to the later writings of St Augustine. The selections cover comedy and epic, history and philosophy, in prose and in verse, and each passage is prefaced by an introduction to the author and his influence. The translators range across history from Alexander Pope and Lord Byron to contemporaries. The result is a broad and brilliant overview of the civilization of Rome and its Empire--an ideal introduction to Latin literature."--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Pt. I: The Republicans -- Plautus -- Terence -- Cicero -- Lucretius -- Catullus -- Caesar -- Sallust -- pt. II. The Augustans -- Virgil -- Horace -- Livy -- Propertius -- Ovid -- pt. III. The Early Empire -- Phaedrus -- Seneca -- Lucan -- Petronius -- pt. IV. The Imperial Peace -- Quintilian -- Martial -- Pliny -- Juvenal -- Tacitus -- Suetonius -- pt. V. The North Africans -- Apuleius -- Tertullian -- St Augustine

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