TY - BOOK AU - Jenkyns,Richard TI - Classical literature / SN - 9780141977355 (paperback) AV - PA 3001 J53c 2015 U1 - 880.09 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Pelican, an imprint of Penguin Books, KW - Classical literature KW - Literatura clásica KW - History and criticism KW - Historia y crítica N1 - Preface 1. Homer 2. Archaic Greece 3. The rise of tragedy and history 4. The later fifth century 5. The fourth century 6. The Hellenistic age 7. The Roman Republic 8. Virgil 9. The Augustan age 10. After the Augustans 11. Two novels 12. Epilogue N2 - In short, engaging chapters, Richard Jenkyns illuminates the most enduring and influential works of the classical world, from the Homeric epics to the golden age of Latin poetry, and explores their unparalleled and continuing influence on Western literature ER -