Epic Lessons: An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry



Epic Lessons: An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry
This book presents a comprehensive survey of the major surviving examples of Greek and Roman didactic poetry: Hesiod's Works and Days, Lucretius' On the Universe, Virgil's Georgics and Ovid's Art of Love among others. Didactic epic's defining characteristic is to instruct. All the above works were aimed to teach students systematically on some concrete topic, while at the same time, their poetic f... more details

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Author Peter Toohey
ISBN 9780415088978
Publisher Routledge
Manufacturer Routledge
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This book presents a comprehensive survey of the major surviving examples of Greek and Roman didactic poetry: Hesiod's Works and Days, Lucretius' On the Universe, Virgil's Georgics and Ovid's Art of Love among others. Didactic epic's defining characteristic is to instruct. All the above works were aimed to teach students systematically on some concrete topic, while at the same time, their poetic form makes them highly readable pieces of literature.

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