The Imagery and Poetry of Lucretius |
Contents
Lucretius and Epic Conventional Epic | 30 |
Games and Double Images The Torch Race 49 | 49 |
Building and Similes The Toppling Building 64 | 64 |
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Aeneid aether allegory ambiens analogy anaphora animi argument atoms atque Aulularia Bailey birds body caeli caelum Catullus chapter clouds context cumque Curetes darkness detail Diogenes Laertius double image earth enim Ennius epic Epicurean Epicurus Euhemerus everything example explained fall fear fire flame fluidity of imagery fulgura gods Greek haec heat Heracleitus hinc Homer horses ignis kouroi Latin light liquid literal Lucrèce Lucretian Lucretius Lucretius is arguing lumine ment metaphor mind multa myth neque night nobis nubila nunc oculos omnia omnis onomatopoea Ovid particles passage Phaethon phenomena philosophy Plautus poem poet poetic poetry of Lucretius polyptoton quae quam quia quod race reference Rerum Natura Roman triumph semina sense sic igitur simile Sisyphus suggests summa sunt tamen Tantalus tela terras theatre things tion Tityos torch Townend transfusion of terms translation tricolon truth uita umor Virgil Virgil Aeneid voice whole winds word