Two Centuries of Roman Poetry by Ar Davis

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

First published by Macmillian in 1964, this volume is designed to introduce students to a wider range of Latin poetry than
they would encounter in a simple author prescription. There are extensive notes on language and content, an introduction on metre and a full vocabulary.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Two Centuries of Roman Poetry by Ar Davis

First published by Macmillian in 1964, this book is designed to introduce students to a wider range of Latin poetry than they would encounter in a simple author prescription. The first century BC is represented by Lucretius and Catullus, the Augustan era by Virgil, Horace and Ovid, and the Silver age by Juvenal and Martial. Passages are chosen for their own intrinsic interest - Ovid on Romulus and Remus, Juvenal on the dangers of Rome at night, the sheild of Aeneas from Virgil's Aeneid VIII ; they cover a wide variety of genres and styles – both Satires and Odes of Horace, elegiacs from the Fasti and hexameters from the Metamorphoses of Ovid. There are extensive notes on language and content, an introduction on metre and a full vocabulary.
E.C. Kennedy was Classics Master at Malvern College, UK. With A.R. Davis, he co-edited Two Centuries of Roman Poetry, Two Centuries of Roman Prose, and Euripides: Scenes from "Rhesus" and "Helen".
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9781853995279
ISBN 10 1853995274
Title Two Centuries of Roman Poetry
Author Ar Davis
Series Latin Texts
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1998-01-01
Number of pages 260
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.