A Companion to Latin Literature

<strong>A Companion to Latin Literature</strong> gives an authoritative account of Latinliterature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the en... » 

A Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latinliterature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end ofthe second century AD. Provides expert overview of the main periods of Latinliterary history major genres and key themes Covers all the major Latin worksof prose and poetry from Ennius to Augustine including Lucretius CiceroCatullus Livy Vergil Seneca and Apuleius Includes invaluable referencematerial 8211 dictionary entries on authors chronological chart ofpolitical and literary history and an annotated bibliography Serves as both adiscursive literary history and a general reference book «