The Lives of the Roman Poets: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of Them and Their Writings, with Large Quotations of Their Most Celebrated Passages ... To which is Added a Chronological Table ... Together with an Introduction Concerning the Origin and Progress of Poetry in General; and an Essay on Dramatick Poetry in Particular, Volume 2W. Innys and R. Manby, 1733 - Latin poetry |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actors againſt Antients Argonauts atque Auguftus AUSONIUS becauſe beſt Cæcilius Cæfar Catullus cenfure character Chorus Cicero CLAUDIAN Claudius Comedy Comic Poet compofed Cornelius Creon death defcribed defign defire difcover Domitian Emperor Ennius Epigram faid fame fatirical fays feems felf fent fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt Flaccus flouriſhed fome fometimes foon fpeaks ftage ftile ftill fubject fucceed fuch fuppofed genius Gratian Greek himſelf honour Horace ibid imitation inftruct Jafon juft JUVENAL laft Licinius Martial meaſure Medea Menander moft moſt mufic muft muſt numbers obferve occafion Ovid paffage paffions Pelias perfons Philofopher Plautus Plautus's Plays Pliny the younger Poem Poet Poetry praiſe prefent Prologue purpoſe quæ Quintilian quod racter reafon reft Roman Rome Satire ſcene Scipio ſeems SENECA SILIUS Silius Italicus ſpeak ſtage Suetonius Terence Terence's thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tibi Tragedy tranflated uſed Varro verfe verſes Virgil whofe writer