Lands and Peoples in Roman Poetry: The Ethnographical TraditionRichard Thomas shows how Greek ethnographical prose influenced the poetry of Virgil, Horace and Lucan and their portrayal of real and imagined Roman landscapes and environments. A later prose tradition is also identified in the work of Tacitus. |
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... history of Latin literature they were conscious of the literary traditions which were their heritage , and of the possibilities those traditions held for new application . NOTES 1. The prose tradition has been well covered , THE TRADITION ...
... history of Latin literature they were conscious of the literary traditions which were their heritage , and of the possibilities those traditions held for new application . NOTES 1. The prose tradition has been well covered , THE TRADITION ...
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... tradition : K. E. Müller , Geschichte der antiken Ethnographie und ethnologischen Theoriebildung I , Stud . zur Kulturkunde 29 ( 1972 ) . For a brief but clear exposition of the major works in the tradition , see J. G. C. Anderson ...
... tradition : K. E. Müller , Geschichte der antiken Ethnographie und ethnologischen Theoriebildung I , Stud . zur Kulturkunde 29 ( 1972 ) . For a brief but clear exposition of the major works in the tradition , see J. G. C. Anderson ...
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The Ethnographical Tradition Richard F. Thomas. 124 VI . TACITUS : THE TRADITION MATURED The preceding chapter exposed an apparent contradiction in the tradition with which we have been dealing . Horace's ethically ideal landscape was ...
The Ethnographical Tradition Richard F. Thomas. 124 VI . TACITUS : THE TRADITION MATURED The preceding chapter exposed an apparent contradiction in the tradition with which we have been dealing . Horace's ethically ideal landscape was ...
Contents
THE TRADITION | 1 |
THE LANDSCAPES OF HORACE | 8 |
FAILURE AND SUCCESS IN THE GEORGICS | 35 |
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