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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... environment . It is characterized by temperies , the motif for the harmonious environment which allows poetic creation . Where Jupiter provided that harmony elsewhere in Epode 16 , here Faunus , a deity possessing associations with ...
... environment . It is characterized by temperies , the motif for the harmonious environment which allows poetic creation . Where Jupiter provided that harmony elsewhere in Epode 16 , here Faunus , a deity possessing associations with ...
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... environment , then proceeded , by extending and colouring the detail of that environment , to express doubts about its inhabitants and the extent to which they had pursued their technological goals . The result was a moulding and ...
... environment , then proceeded , by extending and colouring the detail of that environment , to express doubts about its inhabitants and the extent to which they had pursued their technological goals . The result was a moulding and ...
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... environment : This apparent contradiction exposes the divergence and the originality of the Augustan attitude . For it is Tacitus ' scheme which is in line with traditional ethnographical theory . Just as a harsh environment produces ...
... environment : This apparent contradiction exposes the divergence and the originality of the Augustan attitude . For it is Tacitus ' scheme which is in line with traditional ethnographical theory . Just as a harsh environment produces ...
Contents
THE TRADITION | 1 |
THE LANDSCAPES OF HORACE | 8 |
FAILURE AND SUCCESS IN THE GEORGICS | 35 |
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