The History of Roman Literature From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius
CHAPTER IV.
_The History of Poetry to the Close of the Republic--Rise of Alexandrinism--Lucretius---Catullus._
The Drama--J. Caesar Strabo--The _Mimae_--D. Laberius--Publilius Syrus--Matius--Pantomimi--Actors--The poetry of Cicero and Caesar-- Alexandria and its writers--Aratus--Callimachus--Apollonius Rhodius-- Euphorion--Lucretius--His philosophical opinions and style--Bibaculus-- Varro Atacinus--Calvus--Catullus--Lesbia.
APPENDIX.--Note I. On the Use of Alliteration in Latin Poetry, " II. Some additional details on the History of the _Mimus_, " III. Fragments of Valerius Soranus.