CHAPTER IX

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REVIEW OF THE FIRST PERIOD.

Common aspects in the lives of poets in the second century B.C. 247 Popular and national character of their works 250 Political condition of the time reflected in its literature 251 Defects of the poetic literature in form and style 253 Other forms of literature cultivated in that age 254 Oratory and history 255 Familiar letters 256 Critical and grammatical studies 257 Summary of character of the first period 258

SECOND PERIOD.

THE CLOSE OF THE REPUBLIC.

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