The Cambridge History of Classical Literature

Aeneid alliteration ancient appears Augustus beginning Book Caesar called Cato Catullus century character Christian Cicero classical comedy contemporary criticism death described early effect Ennius epic epigram Epist evidence example expression fact figure final followed fragments give Greek hand hendecasyllables human idea important influence interest Italy kind known language later Latin less letters lines literary literature lives Lucretius matter means moral Naevius nature never Odes oratory original Ovid passage perhaps period Persius philosophical Plautus plays poem poet poetry political present probably proem prose question reader reference represented rhetoric Roman Rome satire seems Senate Seneca sense sometimes sources speech Statius story style suggests Tacitus TEXTS theme thought tradition tragedy trochaic verse Virgil whole writing written wrote