The Oxford Book of Latin Verse (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. From the Earliest Fragments to the End of the Fifth Century A.D.By Various Authors
Length14h 40m
About this audiobook
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse is a capacious anthology that traces the formal brilliance and historical range of Latin poetry, from republican austerity to imperial refinement and late antique transformation. Bringing together lyric, epic, elegiac, satiric, and occasional verse, it situates canonical voices such as Catullus, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Juvenal, and Lucan within a broader continuum of Roman literary art. Its style is necessarily plural: polished hexameters, intimate hendecasyllables, urbane elegiac couplets, and moralizing satire reveal Latin as a language of public authority and private feeling alike. As the work of various authors, the anthology reflects not a single biography but the accumulated intellectual life of Rome and its inheritors. The poets gathered here wrote amid civil war, imperial patronage, philosophical debate, exile, religious change, and the pressures of literary imitation. Their poems often respond to Greek models while transforming them into distinctly Roman meditations on power, love, mortality, memory, and civic identity. This volume is recommended to readers seeking both an introduction to Latin poetry and a durable companion for deeper study. Classicists, historians, poets, and general readers will find in it a disciplined selection of works that illuminates why Latin verse remains central to the Western literary imagination.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length14 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Oxford Book of Latin Verse (Annotated)
26Toga Cedit Armis
2Introduction
27Lesser Fragments of the Annals
3Historical Context
28Alcmaeon
4Synopsis (Selection)
29Andromache
5PREFACE
30Cassandra
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6INTRODUCTION
31Telamon
7NVMA POMPILIVS (?)
32Telamon
8THE ARVAL BROTHERHOOD
33Molestum Otium
9ANONYMOUS
34Medeae Nutrix
10An Ancient Lullaby
35From the Iphigenia
11Epitaphs of the Scipios
36Epitaph for Scipio Africanus
12L. LIVIVS ANDRONICVS
37The Same
13Dramatic Fragments
38Scipio to Ennius
14CN. NAEVIVS
39His own Epitaph
15Dramatic Fragments
40M. PACVVIVS
16His Own Epitaph
41The Greeks set sail from Troy
17T. MACCIVS PLAVTVS
42Genitabile Caelum
18MARCIVS VATES
43Speech
19Vaticinium
44Womanish Tears
20Q. ENNIVS
45His Own Epitaph
21Romulus and Remus
46L. ACCIVS
22The Speech of Pyrrhus
47The Argo seen by a Shepherd who has never seen a Ship
23Character of a Friend of Servilius9
48Shorter Fragments
24M. Cornelius Cethegus
49ANONYMOUS
25Caelius resists the Onset of the Istri
50POMPILIVS
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