Florus. Hadrian. Nemesianus. Reposianus. Tiberianus. Dicta Catonis. Phoenix. Avianus. Rutilius Namatianus. Others
An anthology of Latin poetry produced during a period of four and a half centuries.
A miscellany of mostly imperial verse.
Thistwo-volume anthology covers a period of four and a half centuries,beginning with the work of the mime-writer Publilius Syrus whoflourished ca. 45 BC and ending with the graphic and charming poem ofRutilius Namatianus recording a sea voyage from Rome to Gaul in AD 416. Awide variety of theme gives interest to the poems: hunting in a poem ofGrattius; an inquiry into the causes of volcanic activity by the authorof Aetna; pastoral poems by Calpurnius Siculus and by Nemesianus; fables by Avianus; a collection of Dicta, moral sayings, as if by the elder Cato; eulogy in Laus Pisonis; and the legend of the Phoenix, a poem of the fourth century. Other poets complete the work.
