Cruttwell surveys Latin literature from its beginnings with Livius Andronicus in 240 BC to the death of Marcus Aurelius. He treats the early dramatists and Ennius, Lucretius and Catullus, Cicero and Caesar, Virgil’s national epic, Horace, Ovid and Livy, and the writers of the Silver Age, quoting freely and weighing each author’s achievement.
A thorough Victorian guide to the whole of classical Latin literature, still useful for readers of the classics. Download the free EPUB.