Author: Thomas Hodgkin
Title: Claudian: The Last of the Roman Poets
Description: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne; London, A. Reid; Longmans, Green, and Co, 1875. Cloth. A very scarce volume containing two lectures by Thomas Hodgkin, both discussing one of the last of the Roman poets, Claudian. A very scarce work.Two lectures by Thomas Hodgkin, focussing on Claudian, the last of the Roman poets. These two lectures were delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.These two fascinating lectures look at Claudian's position is literature and religion, his works, and what little is known about his life.Claudian is mostly associated with the court of the Roman Emperor Honorius at Mediolanum. His poems typically fall into three categories; poems of Honorius, poems for general Stilicho, and mythological epics.Hodgkin was a historian and biographer, known for his magnum opus on the wars of the late Roman Empire. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine and joints are a little faded. Minor marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a couple of very light marks. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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