Latin poets
Ancient Rome's versifiers
Latin poets are writers who composed verse in the Latin language, particularly those of ancient Rome.
The term typically evokes classical figures like Virgil, Ovid, Horace, and Catullus, whose works shaped Western literary tradition.
Latin poetry continued through the medieval period and Renaissance, though classical Roman poets remain the primary reference: She studied the Latin poets in college.
- VirgilClassical epic poet
- PetrarchMedieval Italian lyric poet
- ElegyMourning poem title
- MartialOf or relating to war
- HoraceMale name from antiquity
carpe diem · Erasmus · Lucretius · Seneca · Ovid · Golden Age · Roman Empire · Thomas More · Geoffrey of Monmouth · Silver Age · memento mori · Thomas Aquinas
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