Hellenistic Aesthetic and the Poetic Composition of Lucretius' De Rerum NaturaIndiana University, 2002 - 588 pages |
Contents
Hellenistic Poetics and Lucretius | 21 |
Rhetoric and Poetry | 75 |
Epicurean Epistemology and Lucretius Poetics | 147 |
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Alexandrian animi Aphrodite appeal Aratus argumentation atoms atque audience audience's Callimachus charm Cicero Classical concepts contrast critics delight didactic discourse divine eloquence emotional Empedocles emphasizes Ennius entire epic Epicurean Epicurus epistemology fear of death formal goddess gods Greek Hellenistic Heraclitus Hesiod hymn to Venus imagery images Inst knowledge landscape Letter to Herodotus literary logic Lucrèce Lucretius Lukrez magis Magna Mater matter Memmius Menoeceus mind motif Muses myth and religion nature omnia omnis orator oratory pabula laeta passages pastoral peroration phenomena Philodemus philosophical physical Plague of Athens pleasure poem poet poet's poetry Principal Doctrines principle probatio proem proem of Book proofs protreptic Pythocles quae Quintilian rebus Rerum Natura rhetorical Roman saepe Sappho satirical scene sensation senses sensory perception set-pieces soul sunt things throughout De Rerum tibi tone traditional vita vivid voluptas αἱ γὰρ δὲ καὶ μὲν μὴ οὐκ τὴν τὸ τῶν