Epic Lessons: An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry by Peter Toohey (Englis

Description: Epic Lessons by Peter Toohey Didactic epic was enormously popular in the ancient world. It was used to teach Greeks and Romans technical and scientific subjects - in verse. Epic Lessons shows how this scientific poetry was aimed to instruct and entertain. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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, Reading EpicTooheys erudition makes the complexities and the strangeness of these ancient poems appear as clear as daylight and his enthusiasm renders them as attractive as the latest blockbuster. - JACT Review Author Biography Peter Toohey is Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, New South Wales. He is the author of Reading Epic: An Introduction to the Ancient Narratives (1992), and has edited, with Mark Golden Reconstructing the Past: Historicism, Periodisation and the Ancient World (1996). Table of Contents Introduction. 1. Who Reads Didactic Epic? 2. Word of Mouth. Orality and Didactic Poetry from Hesiod to Empedocles 3. The Universe as a Book. Alexandrian Literacy and the Poems of Aratus and Nicander 4. Roman Renewal. Cicero and Lucretius 5. Politics, Power and Play. Polyphony in Virgils Georgics and Ovids Fasti 6. Amusements for a Smoky December. Horace on Poetry and Ovid on Eros 7. Humans, Nature and God. Epic Lessons in the First Century 8. Resisting Instinct. Hunting, Fishing, Science, and God 9. Didactic Dinners. Instruction in Narrative Epic and in the Novel 10. A Literary History of Leisure? The Didactic Epic. Bibliography. Review This book offers a comprehensive survey of the major surviving examples of Greek and Roman didactic poetry ... I also enjoyed the opportunity to delve into Nicander and other less frequently read writers and found that they provided an illuminating context for more familiar works. I Hilary Walters, Loughborough Grammar School Details ISBN0415862248 Author Peter Toohey Short Title EPIC LESSONS Language English ISBN-10 0415862248 ISBN-13 9780415862240 Media Book Format Paperback Birth 1951 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-09-09 Imprint Routledge Subtitle An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 282 DEWEY 880.09 UK Release Date 2013-09-09 AU Release Date 2013-09-09 NZ Release Date 2013-09-09 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Alternative 9780415088978 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134817874;

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