Viggen 95 Report post Posted March 2, 2015 File Name: The Roman Poets of the Republic File Submitter: Viggen File Submitted: 02 Mar 2015 File Category: Scientific Papers William Young Sellar (1825–1890) was a scholar of Latin poetry. First published in 1880, this is a lively account of poetry in the Roman Republic, which was acclaimed as the purest art form of its time. Exploring the work of a range of poets, from Andronicus, Lucilius and others in the second century BCE, through to Lucretius and Catullus in the first century BCE, Sellar shows how poems were characterised by political, religious, and social factors, as well as by the personalities of the poets themselves. Looking at genres from tragedy to comedy to satire, he also considers the role of Greek literature in the shaping of Latin poetry, and how the poets influenced each other's work. Click here to download this file Share this post Link to post Share on other sites