Atoms, Ataraxy, and Allusion: Cross-generic Imitation of the De Rerum Natura in Early Augustan Poetry |
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... epic , it has more than a few points of resemblance to the epic poetry of Homer . The De Rerum Natura is replete with epithets in the traditional epic style and with Homeric idioms and poetic devices such as tmesis , alliteration ...
... epic , it has more than a few points of resemblance to the epic poetry of Homer . The De Rerum Natura is replete with epithets in the traditional epic style and with Homeric idioms and poetic devices such as tmesis , alliteration ...
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... epic in the manner of Homer and his various Greek and Roman successors on the relatively minute level of style and diction , broad parallels of content can be drawn between the epic of Lucretius and heroic epic . " 3 The " hero " of ...
... epic in the manner of Homer and his various Greek and Roman successors on the relatively minute level of style and diction , broad parallels of content can be drawn between the epic of Lucretius and heroic epic . " 3 The " hero " of ...
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... epic , the techniques by means of which this genre enthralls the reader , in composing an extremely compelling didactic epic . This poetic force must in large part be what drew Virgil to Lucretius again and again . 94 Another facet of ...
... epic , the techniques by means of which this genre enthralls the reader , in composing an extremely compelling didactic epic . This poetic force must in large part be what drew Virgil to Lucretius again and again . 94 Another facet of ...
Contents
Prologos | 3 |
Atoms and Ariadnes Lament | 10 |
Echoes of the Pastoral Muse | 31 |
Copyright | |
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adjective Aeneas Aeneid aequora alliteration allusions animalia animi appears artus Ataraxy atque Bacchylides caeca caeli caelum Callimachus canibus Carm Carmina Catullan Catullus 51 Catullus 64 Catullus and Lucretius citation corpore correspondence curas Daphnis deus diatribe didactic Eclogues enim Ennian Ennius epic Epicurean Epicurus Epistles existence ferarum genus Georgics haec haud Hesiod hinc Homer Horace Horace's Horatian Iliad imitation of Lucretius ipsa ipse Iuppiter Latin lines loca Lucretian influence Lucretian passage Lucretius Lucretius and Catullus lumine magnis magno membra metaphorical metus mihi mortalis neque nobis nunc Odes omnia otium particular pastoral pectore periphrastic Philodemus philosophical phrase poem poet poetic poetry primum quae quam quibus quid quod quoque rebus Rerum Natura Roman saepe Sappho's Satires sermones sidera Silenus silvas simulacra Stoic strophe sunt tamen tellus terras themes tibi venti verb videmus Virgil vita δὲ καὶ