Didactic poetry, Classical

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Lucretius

Lucretius: poetry, philosophy, science
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The volume unites the three aspects--poetry, philosophy, and science--found in Lucretius' 'De rerum natura'. With ten original essays and an analytical introduction, the volume aims not only to combine different approaches within single covers but to offer responses to the poem …

Epic lessons

Epic lessons: an introduction to ancient didactic poetry

by Toohey, Peter

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Didactic Epic was enormously popular in the ancient world. It was used to teach Greeks and Romans technical and scientific subjects, but in verse. Epic Lessons shows how this scientific poetry was intended not just to instruct but also to entertain. Praise for its predecessor, R…

Teaching through images

Teaching through images: imagery in Greco-Roman didactic poetry

by Teaching Through Images: Imagery in Greek and Roman Didactic Poetry (Conference), Heidelberg, Germany)

fromMnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava

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"In ancient didactic poetry, poets frequently make use of imagery - similes, metaphors, acoustic images, models, exempla, fables, allegory, personifications, and other tropes - as a means to elucidate and convey their didactic message. In this volume, which arose from an interna…

Teaching through images

Teaching through images: imagery in Greco-Roman didactic poetry

by Teaching Through Images: Imagery in Greek and Roman Didactic Poetry (Conference), Heidelberg, Germany)

fromMnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava

0 Type: Book

"In ancient didactic poetry, poets frequently make use of imagery - similes, metaphors, acoustic images, models, exempla, fables, allegory, personifications, and other tropes - as a means to elucidate and convey their didactic message. In this volume, which arose from an interna…