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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... produce of various lands.23 This continues to apply for subsequent writers in the tradition . 24 In particular , the degree to which each activity is pursued serves as an indicator of the cultural level of the society ( cf. Strabo 4.5.2 ) ...
... produce of various lands.23 This continues to apply for subsequent writers in the tradition . 24 In particular , the degree to which each activity is pursued serves as an indicator of the cultural level of the society ( cf. Strabo 4.5.2 ) ...
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... produce , climate and the predominant attribute of the inhabitants ( oxoλášovta dňμov ) . The whole account is appropriately idealized , with these elements appearing more in the nature of thaumasia as is the case in Epistle 1.16 . What ...
... produce , climate and the predominant attribute of the inhabitants ( oxoλášovta dňμov ) . The whole account is appropriately idealized , with these elements appearing more in the nature of thaumasia as is the case in Epistle 1.16 . What ...
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... ( produce ) and 161-164 ( harbours ) – and the final four lines are untraditional , dealing with specific individuals , rather than with peoples as a whole . This is the Virgilian transformation . - The emphasis in these final four lines ...
... ( produce ) and 161-164 ( harbours ) – and the final four lines are untraditional , dealing with specific individuals , rather than with peoples as a whole . This is the Virgilian transformation . - The emphasis in these final four lines ...
Contents
THE TRADITION | 1 |
THE LANDSCAPES OF HORACE | 8 |
FAILURE AND SUCCESS IN THE GEORGICS | 35 |
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