A Scottish classical scholar traces Roman poetry from its native beginnings through Livius Andronicus, Naevius and Ennius, the tragedians Pacuvius and Accius, the comedy of Plautus and Terence and the satire of Lucilius, to the two great poets of the late Republic, Lucretius and Catullus. Sellar quotes and translates freely, weighing what survives of each writer and what it says about the Roman character.
A classic of Victorian criticism, still readable for anyone exploring early Latin literature. Download the free EPUB.