This is the first volume of an anthology of Latin poetry. The two-volume anthology covers a period of four and a half centuries, beginning with the work of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus, who flourished ca. 45 BCE, and ending with the graphic and charming poem of Rutilius Namatianus recording a sea voyage from Rome to Gaul in 416 CE. A wide variety of theme gives interest to the poems: hunting in a poem of Grattius; an inquiry into the causes of volcanic activity by the author of "Aetna"; pastoral poems by Calpurnius Siculus and by Nemesianus; fables by Avianus; a collection of "Dicta," moral sayings, as if by the elder Cato; eulogy in "Laus Pisonis"; and the legend of the "Phoenix," a poem of the fourth century. Other poets complete the edition.
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This is the first volume of an anthology of Latin poetry. The two-volume anthology covers a period of four and a half centuries, beginning with the work of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus, who flourished ca. 45 BCE, and ending with the graphic and charming poem of Rutilius Namatianus recording a sea voyage from Rome to Gaul in 416 CE. A wide variety of theme gives interest to the poems: hunting in a poem of Grattius; an inquiry into the causes of volcanic activity by the author of "Aetna"; pastoral poems by Calpurnius Siculus and by Nemesianus; fables by Avianus; a collection of "Dicta," moral sayings, as if by the elder Cato; eulogy in "Laus Pisonis"; and the legend of the "Phoenix," a poem of the fourth century. Other poets complete the edition.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Loeb Classical Library |
Release date | July 1989 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 1934 |
Translators | J.Wight Duff, Arnold M. Duff |
Authors | Aetna, Calpurnius Siculus, Publilius Syrus, Laus Pisonis, Grattius |
Dimensions | 162 x 108 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 432 |
Edition | Revised edition |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-99314-3 |
Barcode | 9780674993143 |
Languages | value |
Subtitles | value |
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LSN | 0-674-99314-4 |