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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... man's imposition of himself upon such forces , stand as symptoms of the excesses which are seen to attend societies with an advanced level of civilization . At times these very examples the Lucrine in particular are used.34 Virgil's ...
... man's imposition of himself upon such forces , stand as symptoms of the excesses which are seen to attend societies with an advanced level of civilization . At times these very examples the Lucrine in particular are used.34 Virgil's ...
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... man's plot appears to stand as his acknowledgement of failure of civilized agricultural activity , and ultimately as his criticism of societies involved in such activities . What does the old man produce ? hic rarum tamen in dumis olus ...
... man's plot appears to stand as his acknowledgement of failure of civilized agricultural activity , and ultimately as his criticism of societies involved in such activities . What does the old man produce ? hic rarum tamen in dumis olus ...
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... Odes 2.15 he referred to man's assault on nature : iam pauca aratro iugera regiae moles relinquent , undique latius extenta visentur Lucrino stagna lacu . ( 1-4 ) The works of man are taking over the entire landscape 68 RICHARD F. THOMAS.
... Odes 2.15 he referred to man's assault on nature : iam pauca aratro iugera regiae moles relinquent , undique latius extenta visentur Lucrino stagna lacu . ( 1-4 ) The works of man are taking over the entire landscape 68 RICHARD F. THOMAS.
Contents
THE TRADITION | 1 |
THE LANDSCAPES OF HORACE | 8 |
FAILURE AND SUCCESS IN THE GEORGICS | 35 |
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