Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Exemplary epic Exemplary epic Ben Tipping The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus' 'Punica', Ben Tipping considers the virtues … OL16161478W
How to Read a Latin Poem if You Can't Read Latin Yet How to Read a Latin Poem if You Can't Read Latin Yet Fitzgerald, William Latin is very much alive in the poetry written by the great Latin poets, and this book is about their poetry, their language, and their culture. Fitzgerald shows the reader with little or no knowledg… OL16806169W
Horace Horace Randall L. B. McNeill "Traditional views of Horace seek to present the poet as a consistent, vivid personality who stands behind and orchestrates the diverse "Horatian" writings that have come down to us. In recent years,… OL221270W
Virgil and the Augustan reception Virgil and the Augustan reception Richard F. Thomas This book is an examination of the ideological reception of Virgil at specific moments in the last two millennia. The author focuses on the emperor Augustus in the poetry of Virgil, detects in the po… OL461956W
Virgil on the Nature of Things Virgil on the Nature of Things Monica R. Gale The Georgics has for many years been a source of fierce controversy among scholars of Latin literature. Is the work optimistic or pessimistic, pro- or anti-Augustan? Should we read it as a eulogy or … OL8306345W
Carmina Carmina Horace "The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of technique have often proved elusive, especially when - as has usually been the c… OL88217W