Studies in Latin Language and Literature

by David Ross and Thomas Cole

Book Overview

This book covers a wide range of subjects from Latin literature and language to textual history and criticism. E. D. Francis gives a history of the words prae and pro, as adverb, preposition and prefix. H. D. Jocelyn surveys the distribution and differing uses of quotations from Greek poetry in Cicero's prose writings and D. F. S. Thomson takes a fresh look at the manuscript tradition of Catullus. The remaining six articles deal with later authors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521124611
• ISBN13: 9780521124614
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"