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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... ideal aspect according to both Cato ( de agr . 1.3 ) and Varro ( res rust . 1.7.1 ) .15 These lines , moreover , conform to the requirements of the tradition , in that the situs is given in relation to the rising and setting of the sun ...
... ideal aspect according to both Cato ( de agr . 1.3 ) and Varro ( res rust . 1.7.1 ) .15 These lines , moreover , conform to the requirements of the tradition , in that the situs is given in relation to the rising and setting of the sun ...
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... ideal environment , presented in ethnographical terms ( and thereby distinguished from all other settings - this is the function of such descriptions ) , Horace is able to present an ethically ideal programme . Also , of course ...
... ideal environment , presented in ethnographical terms ( and thereby distinguished from all other settings - this is the function of such descriptions ) , Horace is able to present an ethically ideal programme . Also , of course ...
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... ideal and balanced environment theoretically breeds a race lacking in fortitude and with a low moral worth . This ... ideal . Appropriately , its occupant , Tiberius , manifests the same characteristics ( luxus et malum otium ) as in ...
... ideal and balanced environment theoretically breeds a race lacking in fortitude and with a low moral worth . This ... ideal . Appropriately , its occupant , Tiberius , manifests the same characteristics ( luxus et malum otium ) as in ...
Contents
THE TRADITION | 1 |
THE LANDSCAPES OF HORACE | 8 |
FAILURE AND SUCCESS IN THE GEORGICS | 35 |
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