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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Page 97
... Aeneid , in other words , if we extend Evander's typology from the point at which it breaks off through the remainder of the poem , a very different picture emerges . The addition of the Trojan element , as it appears in the Aeneid at ...
... Aeneid , in other words , if we extend Evander's typology from the point at which it breaks off through the remainder of the poem , a very different picture emerges . The addition of the Trojan element , as it appears in the Aeneid at ...
Page 103
... Aeneid their nature is made explicit : nocendi artes . Tibullus too , in dealing with this debased age , appears to have detected Virgil's intent : nunc love sub domino caedes et vulnera semper , nunc mare , nunc leti mille repente viae ...
... Aeneid their nature is made explicit : nocendi artes . Tibullus too , in dealing with this debased age , appears to have detected Virgil's intent : nunc love sub domino caedes et vulnera semper , nunc mare , nunc leti mille repente viae ...
Page 105
... Aeneid ( 80-111 ) . Few would object to some of his views ; e.g. that Aeneas and Augustus are in some ways parallel . With other combinations , however ( e.g. Hercules - Aeneas - Augustus / Cacus - Turnus - Antony , 141-149 ) , he risks ...
... Aeneid ( 80-111 ) . Few would object to some of his views ; e.g. that Aeneas and Augustus are in some ways parallel . With other combinations , however ( e.g. Hercules - Aeneas - Augustus / Cacus - Turnus - Antony , 141-149 ) , he risks ...
Contents
THE TRADITION | 1 |
THE LANDSCAPES OF HORACE | 8 |
FAILURE AND SUCCESS IN THE GEORGICS | 35 |
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