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This is the second volume of an anthology of Latin poetry. The two-volume anthology covers a period of four and a half centuries, beginning with the work of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus, who flourished ca. 45 BCE, and ending with the graphic and charming poem of Rutilius Namatianus recording a sea voyage from Rome to Gaul in 416 CE. A wide variety of theme gives interest to the poems: hunting in a poem of Grattius; an inquiry into the causes of volcanic activity by the author of "Aetna"; pastoral poems by Calpurnius Siculus and by Nemesianus; fables by Avianus; a collection of "Dicta," moral sayings, as if by the elder Cato; eulogy in "Laus Pisonis"; and the legend of the "Phoenix," a poem of the fourth century. Other poets complete the work.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry anthologies (various poets)

• Full title: Minor Latin Poets
• Author: J.W. Duff, A.M. Duff
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 432
• EAN: 9780674994782
• ISBN: 0674994787
• ID: 04636972
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Weight: 318 g
• Dimensions: 115 × 168 × 26 mm

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