CHAPTER I.

Varro.

The two Divisions of this culminating period—Classical authors—Varro
—His life, his character, his encyclopaedic mind—His Menippean
Satires
Logistorici-Antiquities Divine and HumanImaginesDe
Lingua Latina
De Re Rustica.

APPENDIX.—Note I. The Menippean Satires of Varro,
" II. The Logistorici,
" III. Fragments of Atacinus,
" IV. The Jurists, Critics, and Grammarians of less note.