A Guide to Latin Meter and Verse Composition
Author: David J. Califf
ISBN: 9781898855729
Publisher: Anthem Press
Year first published: 01 Jul 2002
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781898855729
Publisher: Anthem Press
Year first published: 01 Jul 2002
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
This textbook is the first comprehensive guide to Latin verse composition to be published in over one hundred years. It combines a detailed analysis of the Roman poets' metrical practices with a series of graduated exercises designed to train the student in the composition of original Latin verse.