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PETRARCH’S LETTERS TO CLASSICAL AUTHORS

TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN WITH A COMMENTARY

MARIO EMILIO COSENZA, PH.D. _Instructor in Latin in The College of the City of New York_

CHICAGO THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 1910

Published March 1910

Composed and Printed By The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.

TO MY MOTHER AND TO MY FATHER

CONTENTS

PAGE INTRODUCTION IX

I. LETTER TO M. T. CICERO 1 Notes to Letter I 5

II. LETTER TO M. T. CICERO 21 Notes to Letter II 29

III. LETTER TO ANNAEUS SENECA 43 Notes to Letter III 55

IV. LETTER TO MARCUS VARRO 69 Notes to Letter IV 76

V. LETTER TO QUINTILIAN 84 Notes to Letter V 90

VI. LETTER TO TITUS LIVY 100 Notes to Letter VI 104

VII. LETTER TO ASINIUS POLLIO 112 Notes to Letter VII 118

VIII. LETTER TO HORATIUS FLACCUS 125 Notes to Letter VIII 132

IX. LETTER TO PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARO 136 Notes to Letter IX 141

X. LETTER TO HOMER 148 Notes to Letter X 172

A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 205

Petrarch's Letters to Classical Authors