A History of Roman Classical Literature.
by R. W. Browne
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Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I. Comparison of the Latin Language with the Greek—Eras of Latinity—Origin of the Romans—Elements of the Latin Language—Etruscan Influence
- Chapter II. The Eugubine Tables—Existence of Oscan in Italy—Bantine Table—Perugian Inscription—Etruscan Alphabet and Words—Chant of Fratres Arvales—Salian Hymn—Other Monuments of Old Latin—Latin and G
- Chapter III. Saturnian Metre—Opinions Respecting Its Origin—Early Examples of This Metre—Saturnian Ballads in Livy—Structure of the Verse—Instances of Rhythmical Poetry
- 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—D
- Chapter V. Emancipation of Livius Andronicus—His Imitation of the Odyssey—New Kind of Scenic Exhibitions—First Exhibition of His Dramas—Nævius a Political Partisan—His Bitterness—His Punic War—His Nat
- Chapter VI. Nævius Stood Between Two Ages—Life of Ennius—Epitaphs Written by Him—His Taste, Learning, and Character—His Fitness for Being a Literary Reformer—His Influence on the Language—His Versific
- Chapter VII. The New Comedy of the Greeks the Model of the Roman—The Morality of Roman Comedy—Want of Variety in the Plots of Roman Comedy—Dramatis Personæ—Costume—Characters—Music—Latin Pronunciation
- Chapter VII. Statius Compared with Menander—Criticism of Cicero—Hypotheses Respecting the Early Life of Terence—Anecdote Belated by Donatus—Style and Morality of Terence—Anecdote of Him Related by Cor
- 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 Spectac
- Chapter IX. L. Attius—His Tragedies and Fragments—Other Works—Tragedy Disappeared with Him—Roman Theatres—Traces of the Satiric Spirit in Greece—Roman Satire—Lucilius—Criticisms of Horace, Cicero, and
- Chapter X. Prose Literature—Prose Suitable to Roman Genius—History, Jurisprudence, and Oratory—Prevalence of Greek—Q. Fabius Pictor—L. Cincius Alimentus—C. Acilius Glabrio—Value of the Annalists—Impor
- Chapter XI. The Origines of Cato—Passage Quoted by Gellius—Treatise De Re Rustica—Orations—L. Cassius Hemina—Historians in the Days of the Gracchi—Traditional Anecdote of Romulus—Autobiographers—Fragm
- Chapter XII. Early Roman Oratory—Eloquence of Appius Claudius Cæcus—Funeral Orations—Defence of Scipio Africanus Major—Scipio Africanus Minor Æmilianus—Era of the Gracchi—Their Characters—Interval Bet
- Chapter XIII. Study of Jurisprudence—Earliest Systematic Works on Roman Law—Groundwork of the Roman Civil Law—Eminent Jurists—The Scævolæ—Ælius Gallus—C. Aquilius Gallus, a Law Reformer—Other Jurists—
- Chapter I. Prose the Test of the Condition of a Language—Dramatic Literature Extinct—Mimes—Difference Between Roman and Greek Mimes—Laberius—Passages from His Poetry—Matius Calvena—Mimiambi—Publius Sy
- Chapter II. Lucretius a Poet Rather Than a Philosopher—His Life—Epic Structure of His Poem—Variety of His Poetry—Extracts from His Poem—Argument of It—The Epicurean Doctrines Contained in It—Morality
- Chapter III. Age of Virgil Favourable to Poetry—His Birth, Education, Habits, Illness, and Death—His Popularity and Character—His Minor Poems, the Culex Ciris Moretum Copa and Catalecta—His Bucolics—I
- Chapter IV. Beauty of Didactic Poetry—Elaborate Finish of the Georgics—Roman Love of Rural Pursuits—Hesiod Suitable as a Model—Condition of Italy—Subjects Treated of in the Georgics—Some Striking Pass
- Chapter V. The Libertini—Roman Feelings as to Commerce—Birth and Infancy of Horace—His Early Education at Rome—His Military Career—He Returns to Rome—Is Introduced to Mæcenas—Commences the Satires—Mæc
- 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
- Chapter VII. Biography of Mæcenas—His Intimacy and Influence with Augustus—His Character—Valgius Rufus—Varius—Cornelius Gallus—Biography of Tibullus—His Style—Criticism of Muretus—Propertius—Imitated
- Chapter VIII. Birth and Education of Ovid—His Rhetorical Powers—Anecdote Related by Seneca—His Poetical Genius—Self-Indulgent Life—Popularity—Banishment—Place of His Exile—Epistles and Other Works—Gra
- Chapter IX. Prose Writers—Influence of Cicero Upon the Language—His Converse with His Friends—His Early Life—Pleads His First Cause—Is Quæstor, Ædile, Prætor and Consul—His Exile, Return, and Provinci
- Chapter X. Cicero No Historian—His Oratorical Style Defended—Its Principal Charm—Observations on His Forensic Oration—His Oratory Essentially Judicial—Political Orations—Rhetorical Treatises—The Objec
- Chapter XI. Roman Historical Literature—Principal Historians—Lucceius—Lucullus—Cornelius Nepos—Opinions of the Genuineness of the Works Which Bear His Name—Biography of J. Cæsar—His Commentaries—Their
- Chapter XII. Life of Sallust—His Insincerity—His Historical Works—He Was a Bitter Opponent of the New Aristocracy—Profligacy of That Order—His Style Compared with That of Thucydides—His Value as an Hi
- Chapter XIII. Life of Livy—His Object in Writing His History—Its Spirit and Character—Livy Precisely Suited to His Age—Not Wilfully Inaccurate—His Political Bias Accounted for—Materials Which He Might
- Chapter I. Decline of Roman Literature—It Became Declamatory—Biography of Phædrus—Genuineness of His Fables—Moral and Political Lessons Inculcated in Them—Specimens of Fables—Fables Suggested by Histo
- 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 a
- Chapter III. Biography of Persius—His Schoolboy Days—His Friends—His Purity and Modesty—His Defects as a Satirist—Subjects of His Satires—Obscurity of His Style—Compared with Horace—Biography of Juven
- Chapter IV. Biography of Lucan—Inscription to His Memory—Sentiments Expressed in the Pharsalia—Lucan an Unequal Poet—Faults and Merits of the Pharsalia—Characteristics of His Age—Difficulties of Histo
- Chapter V. C. Valerius Flaccus—Faults of the Argonautica—Papinius Statius—Beauty of His Minor Poems—Incapable of Epic Poetry—Domitian—Epigram—Martial—His Biography—Profligacy of the Age in Which He Li
- Chapter VI. Aufidius Bassus and Cremutius Cordus—Velleius Paterculus—Character of His Works—Valerius Maximus—Cornelius Tacitus—Age of Trajan—Biography of Tacitus—His Extant Works Enumerated—Agricola—G
- Chapter VII. C. Suetonius Tranquillus—His Biography—Sources of His History—His Great Fault—Q. Curtius Rufus—Time When He Flourished Doubtful—His Biography of Alexander—Epitomes of L. Annæus Florus—Sou
- Chapter VIII. M. Annæus Seneca—His Controversy and Suasoriæ—L. Annæus Seneca—Tutor to Nero—His Enormous Fortune—His Death and Character—Inconsistencies in His Philosophy—A Favourite with Early Christi
- Chapter IX. Pliny the Elder—His Habits Described by His Nephew—His Industry and Application—His Death in the Eruption of Vesuvius—The Eruption Described in Two Letters of Pliny the Younger—The Natural
- Chapter X. M. Fabius Quintilianus—His Biography—His Institutiones Oratoriæ—His Views on Education—Division of His Subjects Into Five Parts—Review of Greek and Roman Literature—Completeness of His Grea
- Chapter XI. A. Cornelius Celsus—His Merits—Cicero Medicorum—Scribonius Largus Designatianus—Pomponius Mela—L. Junius Moderatus Columella—S. Julius Frontinus—Decline of Taste in the Silver Age—Foreign
- Chronological Table