Resources on Latin Poetry
General information about classical poets, scansion, genres of Latin poetry, and prayers.
Classical Texts, Literature, Primary Sources, Translations
An index of etexts and translations of classical authors and some modern ancient historians
An index of etexts and translations of classical authors and some modern ancient historians
An Odd Sort of Latin Poetry
Poetry circa 200-300 AD, accentual poetry which does not rely upon long/short syllabification, but rather on regular stress patterns. Thematic material is "thoroughly un-classical."
Poetry circa 200-300 AD, accentual poetry which does not rely upon long/short syllabification, but rather on regular stress patterns. Thematic material is "thoroughly un-classical."
Essays on Some Latin Authors
Apuleius, Caesar, Catullus, Persius, Juvenal, Horace, Ovid, authors on farming, Historians, and Cicero. William Harris here tries to present information beyond the ordinary.
Apuleius, Caesar, Catullus, Persius, Juvenal, Horace, Ovid, authors on farming, Historians, and Cicero. William Harris here tries to present information beyond the ordinary.
A Supplement to the AP Horace
Many of the poems of Horace in Latin, with notes, from Ravenna High School Latin. Requires Shockwave.
Many of the poems of Horace in Latin, with notes, from Ravenna High School Latin. Requires Shockwave.
Latin Literature - EARLY EPIC AND TRAGEDY
With the cessation of the Punc Wars, Rome had the leisure and motivation to develop its own brand of literary culture. This is a chapter from J.W. Mackail's "Latin Literature."
With the cessation of the Punc Wars, Rome had the leisure and motivation to develop its own brand of literary culture. This is a chapter from J.W. Mackail's "Latin Literature."
Latin Metre
A delightful page with an animated black figure dancer showing how poetic feet came to be. Lifting the foot up is arsis, and thumping it down again is thesis. Also explains evolution of hexameters, elegiac couplet and the missing syllable at the end of lines.
A delightful page with an animated black figure dancer showing how poetic feet came to be. Lifting the foot up is arsis, and thumping it down again is thesis. Also explains evolution of hexameters, elegiac couplet and the missing syllable at the end of lines.