Specimens of Roman Literature: Passages Illustrative of Roman Thought and Style
Subtitle: Selected from the Works of Latin Authors (prose writers and poets) from the earliest period to the times of Antonines
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: April 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 740
ISBN-13: 9781421207063
Subjects: poetry,study,prose,thought,earliest period,Roman literature,style,Latin authors,the times of Antonines,ancient philosophy; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; Literary Criticism & Collections / General
First sentence: Quum videmus speciem primum candoremque caeli: deinde conversionis celeritatem tantam, quantam cogitare non possumus; tum vicissitudines dierum atque noctium, commutationesque temporum quadripartitas, ad maturitatem frugum et ad temperationem corporum aptas, eorumque omnium moderatorem et ducem solem; lunamque accretione et deminutione luminis, quasi fastorum notis, signantem dies; tum in eodem orbe, in XII partes distributo, quinque stellas ferri, eosdem cursus constantissime servantes, disparibus inter se motibus, nocturnamque caeli forman undique sideribus ornatam; tum globum terrae eminentem e mari, fixum in medio mundi universi loco, duabus oris distantibus habitabilem et cultum; quarum altera, quam nos incolimus "Sub axe posita ad stellas septem, unde horrifer Aquilonis stridor gelidas molitur nives;" altera australis, ignota nobis, quam vocant Graeci : ceteras partes incultas, quod aut frigore rigeant aut urantur calore: hic autem, ubi habitamus, non intermittit suo tempore Caelum nitescere, arbores frondescere,