Latin poetry tradition (in which he adopted the metrical form of the Epode or 'Iambic Distich'). Horace was a contemporary of Virgil and, like the epic poet, he wrote verses in dactylic hexameter, but in a conversational and epistolary style. Virgil's hexameters are generally regarded as "the supreme metrical system of Latin literature." Latin poetry The history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are considered the earliest surviving examples of Latin literature and are estimated to have been composed around 205-184 BC. The start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to
Carmen Delia Dipini named Café Teatro Carmen Delia Dipiní. In 2002, Carmen Delia Dipiní was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame. Carmen Delia Dipini Carmen Delia Dipiní (November 18, 1927 – August 4, 1998), was a singer of boleros. In 2002, Carmen Delia Dipiní was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame. Dipiní was born in Naguabo, Puerto Rico to Justo Dipiní Castro and Concepción Piñero Medina. Dipiní often entertained her family and friends as a child with her singing. She attended the Eugenio Brac Elementary School where one of the teachers, Mrs. Brenes, realized that Dipiní was