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Beginning Latin poetry reader

Offers an introduction to the riches of classical Latin literature. This book includes supporting notes, a time chart showing the historical and literary contexts of the authors, explications of Latin prosody, and a discussion of its influence on Western culture.
eBook, English, ©2007
McGraw-Hill, New York, ©2007
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1 online resource (xxvi, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780071491525, 9780071458856, 007149152X, 0071458859
191928521
Cover
Contents
List of Essays
List of Marginalia
Preface
Introduction
A Time Line of Latin Literature
A Map of Italy44; Greece44; and the Troad
A Map of Rome in Late Antiquity
Forma Urbis Romae
Abbreviations
Poetry Selections
Ennius58; The Dream of Ilia42;42; Ann38;35;25759;les 1 fr46; xxix
Plautus58; A Quarrel Between Slaves42; Mostell38;35;25759;ria 18211;39
Terence58; An Insolent Slave42; Andria 1858211;202
Terence58; Verse Epitaphs42;
Catulus58; The New Eroticism42;
Lucretius58; The Inevitability of Death42;42;42; De rerum n38;35;25759;tur38;35;25759; 346;10248211;1044
Lucretius58; True Piety42;42;42; De rerum n38;35;25759;tur38;35;25759; 546;11948211;1203
Catullus58; Love and Rejection42; Carmina 544; 744; 844; and 85
Catullus58; The Effect of Love42; Carmina 5146;18211;12
Catullus58; Lesbia39;s Sparrow42; Carmina 2 and 3
Catullus58; Dental Hygiene in the Provinces42; Carmina 39
Catullus58; A Social Climber42; Carmina 84
Catullus58; An Invitation to Dinner42; Carmina 13
Catullus58; A Brother39;s Tears42; Carmina 101
Catullus58; Ariadne on Naxos42;42;42; Carmina 6446;528211;75
Publilius Syrus58; Worldly Wisdom42;42;
Vergil58; Unrequited Love42; Eclogues 846;178211;42
Vergil58; Italy42;42; Georgics 246;1368211;157
Vergil58; Orpheus and Eurydice42;42; Georgics 446;4648211;503
Vergil58; Of Arms and the Man42; Aeneid 146;18211;11
Vergil58; The Capture of a Royal Palace42;42;42; Aeneid 246;4698211;495
Vergil58; The Shade of Dido42;42; Aeneid 646;4508211;474
Vergil58; The Emperor Augustus42;42; Aeneid 646;7918211;807
Vergil58; The Roman Mission42; Aeneid 646;8478211;853
Horace58; Hope Not for Immortality42; Odes 446;7
Horace58; The Death of a Friend42;42; Odes 146;24
Horace58; A Quiet Drink42; Odes 146;38
Horace58; Seize the Day33;42;42; Odes 146;11
Horace58; An Old Love Revived42; Odes 346;9
Horace58; Caught by a Bore33;42;42; Sermones 146;946;18211;21
Horace58; The Lessons of Homer42;42; Epistulae 146;246;18211;22
Horace58; Live How We Can44; Yet Die We Must42;42;42; Odes 246;14
Horace58; The Favor of the Muse42;42; Odes 446;3
Propertius58; An Intoxicated Lover42;42;42; Elegies 146;346;18211;20
Propertius58; Love39;s Miseries42;42;42; Elegies 146;146;18211;844; 178211;2444; 318211;38
Propertius58; Therefore Is Love Said to Be a Child 46;46;46;42;42; Elegies 246;12
Propertius58; The End of a Wild Party42;42;42; Elegies 446;846;278211;3644; 478211;66
Tibullus58; The Golden Age42; Elegies 146;346;358211;50
Tibullus58; A Face That39;s Best by Its Own Beauty Blest 46;46;46;42;42; Elegies 146;846;98211;26
Lygdamus58; You Are My Heart39;s Desire42;42; [Tibullus] Elegies 346;346;18211;24
Ovid58; Sophistication42; Ars am38;35;25759;toria 346;1138211;128
Ovid58; The Immortality of Verse42; Amores 146;15
Ovid58; Ovid39;s Last Night in Rome42;42; Tristia 146;346;18211;34
Ovid58; Deucalion and Pyrrha42; Metamorphoses 146;3758211;402
Ovid58; A Storm at Sea42; Tristia 146;246;198211;36
Ovid58; Arion and
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