REVIEW OF THE FIRST PERIOD. | |
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| Common aspects in the lives of poets in the second century b.c. | 253 |
| Popular and national character of their works | 256 |
| Political condition of the time reflected in its literature | 257 |
| Defects of the poetic literature in form and style | 259 |
| Other forms of literature cultivated in that age | 260 |
| Oratory and history | 260 |
| Familiar letters | 262 |
| Critical and grammatical studies | 263 |
| Summary of character of the first period | 264 |
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THE CLOSE OF THE REPUBLIC. | |
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