. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . lin Greek literature. To this fact Vergils Mneid is no ex-ception. The wanderings of .Eneas, in the first six books,are rather closely copied after Homers Odyssey. The lastsix books correspond, in a general way, to the Iliad. Manyof Vergils poetic expressions are taken directly from Homer;yet we must chiefly admire the Roman spirit which Vergilhas breathed into the work. No modern historian, lookingback upon all that Rome has done and has stood for, couldsum up her destiny better than Vergil did in the followinglines: Let othe
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools . lin Greek literature. To this fact Vergils Mneid is no ex-ception. The wanderings of .Eneas, in the first six books,are rather closely copied after Homers Odyssey. The lastsix books correspond, in a general way, to the Iliad. Manyof Vergils poetic expressions are taken directly from Homer;yet we must chiefly admire the Roman spirit which Vergilhas breathed into the work. No modern historian, lookingback upon all that Rome has done and has stood for, couldsum up her destiny better than Vergil did in the followinglines: Let others better mold the running massOf metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face1; Plead better at tho bar; describe the skies,And when the stars descend, and when they Rome! Tis thine alone with awful sway,To rule mankind, and make the world obey,Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way;To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free:These are imperial arts and worthy thee. (Drydens < ranslation.) 394 nil. STOKY OF ROME. He u> of Hob m e from Med vi -. ion of ranThird Crn tort. 498. Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Horace was the son of afreedman of Apulia in southern [taly. He was educated in Homo and later at the university in Athens. While hewas following out his studies there. Caesars assassinationoccurred. Horace was an ardent republican and fought with the army oi Brutus until the de-feat at Philippi. Naturally his oppor-tunity oi advancement in the followingyears at Home, under the triumvirs,was very poor. Fortunately. VergU\^ )-?_/ fifjfS began to appreciate his ability as a poet, and made him acquainted withMaecenas. The acquaintance ripenedinto a fast friendship, and Horacesdays oi poverty and struggle were over,499. The Epistles and Satires. Thesatire is a form of literature in which the writer holds up toridicule the weaknesses and vices of the world and the menabout him. Satire written in verse form is the onebranch of litera
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