Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
The corrigenda et addenda listed on page xvi have been applied to the text.
Page 167: Original text 'curosity' replaced with 'curiosity'.
Page 139: Original text in footnote 'Thon' replaced with 'Thou'.
Page 359: Latin 'At, credo' more usually seen as 'An, credo' but text in this book not altered.
THE ROMAN POETS
OF
THE REPUBLIC
SELLAR
London
HENRY FROWDE
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE
7 PATERNOSTER ROW
THE ROMAN POETS
OF
THE REPUBLIC
BY
W. Y. SELLAR, M.A., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF HUMANITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
AND
FORMERLY FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
MDCCCLXXXI
[All rights reserved]
TO
J. C. SHAIRP, M.A. LL.D.,
PRINCIPAL OF THE UNITED COLLEGE, ST. ANDREWS,
PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF MUCH ACTIVE AND GENEROUS KINDNESS,
AND OF
A LONG AND STEADY FRIENDSHIP,
THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.