Middles in Latin Poetry

Aeneas Aeneid allusion already Apollonius appears Asopus battle becomes beginning Book bring Caesar Callimachus catalogue Catullus central centre civil clear close closure comes connection contrast course coverlet create death delay describes discussion earlier epic epigram example fact final forces Fowler Francesco De Martino further gives gods Greek Homeric human important indicates instance kind later Latin lines literary look Lucan Lucretius marked Martial meaning mention Metamorphoses middle mind Muses narrative nature Odes opening Ovid Ovid's particular passage perhaps Persius poem poem's poet poetic poetry position present proem Punica reader recalls reference relation river Roman Rome scene second half seems seen sense significance Silius stanzas Statius story structure suggests Theb Thebaid thematic theme Theseus things Tibullus tradition turn Valerius Venus verses Virgil Virgilian whole