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<p>Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Horace, and other authors of ancient Rome are so firmly established in the Western canon today that the birth of Latin literature seems inevitable. Yet, Denis Feeney boldly argues, the beginnings of Latin literature were anything but inevitable. The cultural flourishing that in time produced the <i>Aeneid</i>, the <i>Metamorphoses</i>, and other Latin classics was one of the strangest events in history.</p><p><i>Beyond Greek</i> traces the emergence of Latin literature f
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- Author
- Denis Feeney
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674986589
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Language Learning
- Rating
- 4.33 / 5 (8 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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