A Companion to Latin LiteratureA Companion to Latin Literature gives an authoritative account of Latin literature from its beginnings in the third century BC through to the end of the second century AD.
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Pagina 24
That was the speech in which he criticized M. Nobilior for taking poets to his province; the consul had in fact, as we know, ... Cato was not attacking poetry in general or Ennius in particular but Fulvius' appropriation of poetry for ...
That was the speech in which he criticized M. Nobilior for taking poets to his province; the consul had in fact, as we know, ... Cato was not attacking poetry in general or Ennius in particular but Fulvius' appropriation of poetry for ...
Pagina 25
5 The Status of Poets: Lucilius The recuperation of poetry's reputation in the late second century was thus also the ... though the phenomenon is best illustrated from the late Republic, when praise poetry again became respectable.
5 The Status of Poets: Lucilius The recuperation of poetry's reputation in the late second century was thus also the ... though the phenomenon is best illustrated from the late Republic, when praise poetry again became respectable.
Pagina 26
The growing acceptability of poetry in the later second century was further encouraged by a narrowing of the gap between poetry's writers and its readers. The first poets were outsiders to the society whose literature they created.
The growing acceptability of poetry in the later second century was further encouraged by a narrowing of the gap between poetry's writers and its readers. The first poets were outsiders to the society whose literature they created.
Pagina 28
This matters because Lucilius' social status determined the nature of his poetic authority. Cicero's poetic quotations generally take their point from their content, not their source. In De Officiis, for example, he illustrates the ...
This matters because Lucilius' social status determined the nature of his poetic authority. Cicero's poetic quotations generally take their point from their content, not their source. In De Officiis, for example, he illustrates the ...
Pagina 31
Cicero wrote speeches, philosophical and rhetorical trea— tises, letters and poetry, which simply in terms of quantity outweigh all other extant writings of the period. This is not to suggest that other writers were unimportant: there ...
Cicero wrote speeches, philosophical and rhetorical trea— tises, letters and poetry, which simply in terms of quantity outweigh all other extant writings of the period. This is not to suggest that other writers were unimportant: there ...
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