Golden Verses: Poetry of the Augustan Age

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Description

An anthology containing fresh and rhythmic translations of the great poets from the Augustan period.

Features

Golden Verses covers a broad range of verse with introduction, maps, chronology, glossary, bibliography and notes.

Market

Alessi's text is designed specifically for the college market, providing students with access to the thought and context at the roots of our culture.
Designed to be read in conjunction with major works of the Augustan Age—Ovid's Metamorphosis and Vergil's Aeneid.

About the Author

Paul Alessi (Ph. D. University of Missouri, Columbia) is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has published on the poet Propertius, and his research and interests are with Augustan literature, Roman culture and Etruscan archaeology. He authored both Golden Prose in the Age of Augustus and Golden Verses: Poetry in the Augustan Age for Focus Publishing.