{"product_id":"minor-latin-poets-volume-ii","title":"Minor Latin Poets, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA miscellany of mostly imperial verse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis  two-volume anthology covers a period of four and a half centuries,  beginning with the work of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus who  flourished ca. 45 BC and ending with the graphic and charming poem of  Rutilius Namatianus recording a sea voyage from Rome to Gaul in AD 416. A  wide variety of theme gives interest to the poems: hunting in a poem of  Grattius; an inquiry into the causes of volcanic activity by the author  of \u003ci\u003eAetna\u003c\/i\u003e; pastoral poems by Calpurnius Siculus and by Nemesianus; fables by Avianus; a collection of \u003ci\u003eDicta\u003c\/i\u003e, moral sayings, as if by the elder Cato; eulogy in \u003ci\u003eLaus Pisonis\u003c\/i\u003e; and the legend of the \u003ci\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/i\u003e, a poem of the fourth century. Other poets complete the work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54241685569880,"sku":"9780674994782","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674994782.jpg?v=1779942662","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/minor-latin-poets-volume-ii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}