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... poets Lucan , Valerius Flaccus , Silius Italicus and Statius . This is a body of poetry that tends to be familiar only to ... poetic - - - - personalities . Silius took as his subject the historical struggle List of Passages Foreword.
... poets Lucan , Valerius Flaccus , Silius Italicus and Statius . This is a body of poetry that tends to be familiar only to ... poetic - - - - personalities . Silius took as his subject the historical struggle List of Passages Foreword.
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... poetic obituaries . Praise of the emperor had by now become a recognised liter- ary topic in which poets vied with one another to exploit ingenious turns of speech and thought ; some of Statius ' flattery now seems immoderate ( Silvae ...
... poetic obituaries . Praise of the emperor had by now become a recognised liter- ary topic in which poets vied with one another to exploit ingenious turns of speech and thought ; some of Statius ' flattery now seems immoderate ( Silvae ...
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... poet's competence in his craft . Geo- ยง 43 Lucan is full of literary didacticism . He is fond of a learned catalogue : when Caesar is withdrawing from Gaul ( 1.392-465 ) , there is a list of Gallic places and tribes ( see introductory ...
... poet's competence in his craft . Geo- ยง 43 Lucan is full of literary didacticism . He is fond of a learned catalogue : when Caesar is withdrawing from Gaul ( 1.392-465 ) , there is a list of Gallic places and tribes ( see introductory ...
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