The Latin Love Poets from Catullus to Horace

by R.O.A.M. Lyne

Illustrated with copious quotations (all translated) this book offers a full account of the great Latin love poets: Catallus, Propertius, Tibullus, Horace, and Ovid. Set in social and historical context, it combines literary history with literary criticism to reveal something of the personality of the poets themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198144547
• ISBN13: 9780198144540
• Release Date: February 1981
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.