Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 19: Lecture 19 Term 2 - Roman Literature.docx
19 Apr 2015
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Graecia capta ferum uictorem cepit et artes intulit agresti latio Horace, epistola ad augustum 156 admit the debt your literary tradition owes to another. Capture greece, the savage victory and introduce arts in rustic latian (rome in latium) . Titus livius (livy) 59 bc - ad 17: p. Cornelius tacitus ca ad 56 - 118: philosophy. M. tullius cicero 106 - 43 bc. Lucius annaeus seneca ca 4 bc - ad 65. Give own take on philosophy, particularly stoic: oratory. Cicero speeches remain fundamental model, we have a great quantity of it too: novel. Apuleius ca ad 125 -170: metamorphoses or golden ass. Curious history, flourished during the republic, then pretty much disappears w a few exceptions. Greek new comedy on this italian vase is what roman"s adopted. Characteristics of roman drama: we know we"ve lost a lot mainly the public adaptations of greek tragedy, romans looked to greece for models of theatre as well as texts to adapt.
