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A History of Roman Classical Literature.

R. W. Browne · History_-_Ancient · 34 章

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A HISTORY OF ROMAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE.PREFACE.CONTENTS.THE ETRUSCAN LANGUAGE.CHAPTER IV. THREE PERIODS OF ROMAN CLASSICAL LITERATURE—ITS ELEMENTS RUDE—ROMAN RELIGION—ETRUSCAN INFLUENCE—EARLY HISTORICAL MONUMENTS—FESCENNINE VERSES—FABULÆ ATELLANÆ—INTRODUCTION OF STAGE PLAYERS—DERIVATION OF SATIRE.Ennius (BORN B. C. 239.)P. TERENTIUS AFER.CHAPTER VIII. WHY TRAGEDY DID NOT FLOURISH AT ROME—NATIONAL LEGENDS NOT INFLUENTIAL WITH THE PEOPLE—FABULÆ PRÆTEXTATÆ—ROMAN RELIGION NOT IDEAL—ROMAN LOVE FOR SCENES OF REAL ACTION AND GORGEOUS SPECTACLE—TRAGEDY NOT PATRONISED BY THE PEOPLE—PACUVIUS—HIS DULORESTES AND PAULUS.M. Porcius Cato Censorius.Q. Hortensius.Grammarians.Lucretius Carus (BORN B. C. 95.)P. Virgilius Maro (BORN B. C. 70.)Horatius Flaccus (BORN B. C. 65.)CHAPTER VI. CHARACTER OF HORACE—DESCRIPTIONS OF HIS VILLA AT TIVOLI, AND HIS SABINE FARM—SITE OF THE BANDUSIAN FOUNTAIN—THE NEIGHBOURING SCENERY—SUBJECTS OF HIS SATIRES AND EPISTLES—BEAUTY OF HIS ODES—IMITATIONS OF GREEK POETS—SPURIOUS ODES—CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT.Albius Tibullus.M. Tullius Cicero (BORN B. C. 106.)M. Terentius Varro Reatinus (BORN B. C. 116.)Trogus Pompeius.M. Vitruvius Pollio.CHAPTER II. DRAMATIC LITERATURE IN THE AUGUSTAN AGE—REVIVAL UNDER NERO—DEFECTS OF THE TRAGEDIES ATTRIBUTED TO SENECA—INTERNAL EVIDENCE OF THEIR AUTHORSHIP—SENECA THE PHILOSOPHER A STOIC—INCONSISTENT AND UNSTABLE—THE SENTIMENTS OF HIS PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS FOUND IN HIS TRAGEDIES—PARALLEL PASSAGES COMPARED—FRENCH SCHOOL OF TRAGIC POETS.Juvenal.Epigram.C. Cornelius Tacitus.Trajan to Pliny.Sextus Julius Frontinus.CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE