Examines Cicero's numerous citations of Latin poets within the cultural and intellectual trends of the late Roman Republic.

The writings of Cicero contain hundreds of quotations of Latin poetry. This book examines his citations of Latin poets writing in diverse poetic genres and demo

This analysis explores select aspects of the extant fragmentary record of early Roman poetry from its earliest accessible moments through roughly the first hund

A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.

To understand fully the development of Latin poetry, one has to consider not only the prominent figures whose works survive entire but also the writers known to