Atoms, Ataraxy, and Allusion: Cross-generic Imitation of the De Rerum Natura in Early Augustan Poetry |
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... specific philosophical systems . Virgil was writing pastoral poetry , not a manifesto of Epicurean or Empedoclean philosophy . His goal was " simply " to create a passage scientific in nature and in the manner of Lucretius . It remains ...
... specific philosophical systems . Virgil was writing pastoral poetry , not a manifesto of Epicurean or Empedoclean philosophy . His goal was " simply " to create a passage scientific in nature and in the manner of Lucretius . It remains ...
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... specific questions with which Horace grapples throughout his sermones are the human failings of avarice , discontent , passion , and overblown ambition . The persona which he as a writer assumes is not , however , that of a philosopher ...
... specific questions with which Horace grapples throughout his sermones are the human failings of avarice , discontent , passion , and overblown ambition . The persona which he as a writer assumes is not , however , that of a philosopher ...
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... specific themes treated by Horace , namely wealth ( gold and ivory beds , purple coverlets , and grand villas ) vs. a life of modest means attended by good health , and tranquil sleep are traditional topics of diatribe from Teles in the ...
... specific themes treated by Horace , namely wealth ( gold and ivory beds , purple coverlets , and grand villas ) vs. a life of modest means attended by good health , and tranquil sleep are traditional topics of diatribe from Teles in the ...
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