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VESTIGES OF INDIGENOUS POETRY IN ROME AND ANCIENT ITALY. |
| Niebuhr's theory of a Ballad-Poetry | 28 |
| The Saturnian metre | 29 |
| Ritual Hymns | 31 |
| Prophetic verses | 33 |
| Fescennine verses | 34 |
| Saturae[page viii] | 36 |
| Gnomic verses | 37 |
| Commemorative verses | 37 |
| Inferences as to their character | 38 |
| "from early state of the language | 39 |
| No public recognition of Poetry | 40 |
| Roman story result of tradition and reflection | 41 |
| Inferences from the nature of Roman religion | 43 |
| "from the character and pursuits of the people | 44 |
| Roman Poetry of Italian rather than Roman origin | 45 |
FIRST PERIOD. |
FROM LIVIUS ANDRONICUS TO LUCILIUS. |
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