The History of Poetry to the Close of the Republic—Rise of Alexandrinism—Lucretius—-Catullus.
The Drama—J. Caesar Strabo—The Mimae—D. Laberius—Publilius
Syrus—Matius—Pantomimi—Actors—The poetry of Cicero and Caesar—
Alexandria and its writers—Aratus—Callimachus—Apollonius Rhodius—
Euphorion—Lucretius—His philosophical opinions and style—Bibaculus—
Varro Atacinus—Calvus—Catullus—Lesbia.
APPENDIX.—Note I. On the Use of Alliteration in Latin Poetry,
" II. Some additional details on the History of the Mimus,
" III. Fragments of Valerius Soranus.
PART II.
THE AUGUSTAN EPOCH (42 B.C.-l4 A.D.).
CHAPTER I.
General Characteristics.
Common features of the Augustan authors—Augustus's relation to them
—Maecenas—The Apotheosis of the emperor—Rhetoricians not orators—
Historians—Jurists—Poets—Messala—Varius—Anser—Macer.
CHAPTER II.
Virgil (70-19 B.C.)