Middles in Latin PoetryΣτρατής Κυριακίδης, Francesco De Martino |
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Page 88
... turn to sympotic activity , a turn which is indeed surprising ; the catalogue of places climaxing with the complimentary brief mention of Tibur in the poem's first half leads the reader to expect a formal laudatio of that place in the ...
... turn to sympotic activity , a turn which is indeed surprising ; the catalogue of places climaxing with the complimentary brief mention of Tibur in the poem's first half leads the reader to expect a formal laudatio of that place in the ...
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... turn of the argument : there is cause for celebration - therefore let us drink . Another central sympotic turn associated with praise of Augustus occurs at 3.14 , a poem in seven Sapphic stanzas . There , comparing Augustus ' return ...
... turn of the argument : there is cause for celebration - therefore let us drink . Another central sympotic turn associated with praise of Augustus occurs at 3.14 , a poem in seven Sapphic stanzas . There , comparing Augustus ' return ...
Page 90
... turn in the middle . Quinctius is urged to stop worrying about the enemies of Rome who are far away , and to enjoy the moment , since human beauty and nature perish . This occupies the first three stanzas : then , in the fourth , we ...
... turn in the middle . Quinctius is urged to stop worrying about the enemies of Rome who are far away , and to enjoy the moment , since human beauty and nature perish . This occupies the first three stanzas : then , in the fourth , we ...
Contents
List of Contributors pp | 7 |
Stratis Kyriakidis and Francesco De Martino Introduction 99 | 9 |
Philip Hardie Don Fowler and Middles 99 | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Aeneas Aeneid allusion already Apollonius appears Asopus battle becomes beginning Book bring Caesar Callimachus catalogue Catullus central centre civil clear close closure comes connection contrast course coverlet create death delay describes discussion earlier epic epigram example fact final forces Fowler Francesco De Martino further gives gods Greek Homeric human important indicates instance kind later Latin lines literary look Lucan Lucretius marked Martial meaning mention Metamorphoses middle mind Muses narrative nature Odes opening Ovid Ovid's particular passage perhaps Persius poem poem's poet poetic poetry position present proem Punica reader recalls reference relation river Roman Rome scene second half seems seen sense significance Silius stanzas Statius story structure suggests Theb Thebaid thematic theme Theseus things Tibullus tradition turn Valerius Venus verses Virgil Virgilian whole