Thebest of classical Latin poetry in a vital English verse translation described by early readers as superb. Ms. Wenshy;der, who is a published creative writer as well as a classicist, has done much with her unflinching translations to reshy;storethe powerwielded by the originalpoems. She has increased the usefulness and accessibility of her collection by proshy;viding a lively introduction to each of the nine poets she presents in translashy;tion. When little is known about the poet himself, she places him within a coterie of contemporaries who are better known. The poets and works presented are Catullus,Songs;Lucretius, Selecshy;tions fromDeRerum Natura;Virgil,Eclogues2and 4 and selections from theGeorgics;Horace,Satire1, 9(The Bore) and selectedOdes;Propertius,Elegies;Tibullus,Elegy1, 1; Ovid,Amoresand Echo and Narcissus fromMetamorphoses;Martial,Epigrams;and Juvenal,Satire3 (The City of Rome).
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30,880 words160 pagesLexile 1160L
Published 19809780809309634
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