Life and literature in the Roman republic

by Tenney Frank

TENNEY FRANK

Life
and
Literature
IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
BERKELEY AND LOS ANGELES 1957

University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
Cambridge University Press
London, England

Copyright, 1930, by
The Regents of the University of California

Originally published as Volume Seven of the
Sather Classical Lectures
Third printing
(First Paper-bound Edition, Second printing)

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

I.	INTRODUCTION: SOCIAL FORCES	[1]
II.	EARLY TRAGEDY AND EPIC	[30]
III.	GREEK COMEDY ON THE ROMAN STAGE	[65]
IV.	TERENCE AND HIS SUCCESSORS	[99]
V.	THE PROSE OF THE ROMAN STATESMEN	[130]
VI.	REPUBLICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY AND LIVY	[169]
VII.	CICERO’S RESPONSE TO EXPERIENCE	[197]
VIII.	LUCRETIUS AND HIS READERS	[225]