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... style . Declamation bred a taste for descriptive digressions which became a neces- sary part of the declaimer's and of the poet's stock - in- trade ; the artistry with which they were managed was of great interest to the cultivated ...
... style . Declamation bred a taste for descriptive digressions which became a neces- sary part of the declaimer's and of the poet's stock - in- trade ; the artistry with which they were managed was of great interest to the cultivated ...
Page xxix
... style which includes within its ambit the bizarre and the supernatural , the sentimental and the pitiable . Lucan's romanticism perhaps shows in his fascination with the horrific , the violence and cruelty of his battle scenes , his ...
... style which includes within its ambit the bizarre and the supernatural , the sentimental and the pitiable . Lucan's romanticism perhaps shows in his fascination with the horrific , the violence and cruelty of his battle scenes , his ...
Page xxxv
... Style of Valerius Flaccus ' Argonautica " , Phoenix 28 ( 1974 ) 290-313 . Lucan VIII ( Cambridge , 1917 ) . Silius Italicus , Punica ( Göttingen , 1795 ) . Lucan , Wege der Forschung 235 ( Darmstadt , 1970 ) . Untersuchungen zur ...
... Style of Valerius Flaccus ' Argonautica " , Phoenix 28 ( 1974 ) 290-313 . Lucan VIII ( Cambridge , 1917 ) . Silius Italicus , Punica ( Göttingen , 1795 ) . Lucan , Wege der Forschung 235 ( Darmstadt , 1970 ) . Untersuchungen zur ...
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Achilles adjective Aeetes Aeneas Aeneid aequora aether amor Amyclas Apollo Apollonius Appendix passage Argonautica Argonauts arma atque battle bella Book caeli caelo Caesar caput Carmentis cedetur chariot Classical Colchis cura dative death Delphic deum deus divine Dorceu Ennius etiam Fama fata fera fluctus Fortuna funeral Georgics gods Greek haec haud heaven Homer iamque Iliad inter ipsa ipse Jason Latin epic latus litora Lucan manu Medea medio Metamorphoses metus mihi moralising Nero nubila nunc omni orbe Ovid pectore Phrixus poem poet's poetic poetry Pompey Pompey's prophetess pyre quae quam quis quoque Roman Rome scene Scipio Seneca Sextus Pompeius sidera siege of Massilia Silius Italicus Silvae Silver Age Silver epic poets Silver Latin similes Statius storm subitus tamen tantum terrae Thebaid tibi umbra unda underworld Valerius Flaccus Virgil Virgil Aeneid Virgilian viro virum volucres vultus younger Seneca