Tradition and Originality in Roman PoetryClarendon P., 1968 - 810 sider This book sets out to reveal the essential nature of Roman poetry and the ways in which individual, highly conscious of inheriting an identifiable tradition, managed to achieve an originality of their own. Williams focuses particularly on the Augustan poets, with all quotations given in Latin and English. |
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... Greek plays ; but it would give a very misguided concep- tion of their activity to describe it as ' translation ' . It was a peculiarly complicated form of adaptation which accepted all the Greek conventions and even the scenes set in Greek ...
... Greek plays ; but it would give a very misguided concep- tion of their activity to describe it as ' translation ' . It was a peculiarly complicated form of adaptation which accepted all the Greek conventions and even the scenes set in Greek ...
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... Greek lyric composition transposed into Latin . The ritual cry o Hymen Hymenaee which Catullus uses as a refrain is Greek , and the god himself is purely Greek . But the Greek influence is confined to points of form , structure , and ...
... Greek lyric composition transposed into Latin . The ritual cry o Hymen Hymenaee which Catullus uses as a refrain is Greek , and the god himself is purely Greek . But the Greek influence is confined to points of form , structure , and ...
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... Greek . In poem 62 the setting is a purely imaginary blend of elements , some Greek , some Roman . This is a typical illustration of the strange relationship which the Roman poets of the first century B.C. had established with Greek ...
... Greek . In poem 62 the setting is a purely imaginary blend of elements , some Greek , some Roman . This is a typical illustration of the strange relationship which the Roman poets of the first century B.C. had established with Greek ...
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Some Characteristic Problems and Difficulties I | 1 |
The Poet and the Community | 31 |
Form and Convention | 102 |
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Tradition and Originality in Roman Poetry Gordon Williams,Gordon Willis Williams Uddragsvisning - 1968 |
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achieved actual Aeneas Aeneid Alcaeus Amores anaphora ancient Apollo atque Augustan Augustus autobiographical battle of Actium Book Caesar Callimachus Catullus characteristic Cicero clear complex concept context contrast Cynthia death describes detail Dido dramatic Eclogue element emotional Ennius epic epigram Epistles example expression fact feature feelings formal Gallus Georgics girl give gods Greek Hellenistic Homer Horace Horace's hymn idea imagination important inspiration instance invention Juppiter Latin Lesbia lines literary Lucilius Lucretius lyric Maecenas marriage means mention mihi moral narrative nunc Octavian Odes original Ovid passage phrase picture Pindar Plautus poem poet's poetic composition poetry political prayer Propertius quae quod reader reality relationship relevance Roman poets Rome Satires says scene seems sense setting simile simple situation speaks stanza statement story style stylistic suggests technique theme Theocritus thought tibi Tibullus tion tone traditional Virgil visual words writing
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