The last poets of imperial Rome. Translated with introductions, notes and glossary, by Harold Isbell.

By:

Isbell, Harold

Material type:

TextLanguage: eng lat Original language: eng lat Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: [Middlesex, Eng., Baltimore] [Middlesex, Eng., Baltimore] Penguin Books [1971]ISBN:

0140442464

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DDC classification:

871/.01/08

LOC classification:

PA6164 .I8

Contents:

Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus: The hunt.--The night watch of Venus.--Decimus Magnus Ausonius: Bissula. The Moselle. The crucifixion of Cupid.--On the freshly blooming roses.--Claudius Claudianus: The rape of Proserpine. Epithalamium for Honorius Augustus and Maria, daughter of Stilicho.--Aurelius Prudentius Clemens: Prologue. The battle for the soul of man. Hymns for the various hours and days. Epilogue.--Rutilius Claudius Namatianus: Concerning his return.--Paulinus of Pella: Thanksgiving.--Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius: Philosophy's warning.--Columba: In praise of the Father.--Alcuin: The dispute between winter and spring.

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