Hellenistic Aesthetic and the Poetic Composition of Lucretius' De Rerum NaturaIndiana University, 2002 - 588 pages |
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... images appealed to him rather than abstract arguments , in short he was poet rather than philosopher . " 26 This appeal to the study of images has led to a mode of criticism which makes a generation of Lucretian scholars , literally ...
... images appealed to him rather than abstract arguments , in short he was poet rather than philosopher . " 26 This appeal to the study of images has led to a mode of criticism which makes a generation of Lucretian scholars , literally ...
Page 163
... images as idols or simulacra . By presenting a series of vivid images , whether they appear in proemium , narratio , probatio , refutatio , excursus , or peroratio , it is clear that Lucretius deliberately and purposefully exploits ...
... images as idols or simulacra . By presenting a series of vivid images , whether they appear in proemium , narratio , probatio , refutatio , excursus , or peroratio , it is clear that Lucretius deliberately and purposefully exploits ...
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... images throughout De Rerum Natura , whether in the proemia of the six books or in the course of argumentation within each book , may well be our testimony to Lucretius ' design not only in expounding the cardinal importance of sensory ...
... images throughout De Rerum Natura , whether in the proemia of the six books or in the course of argumentation within each book , may well be our testimony to Lucretius ' design not only in expounding the cardinal importance of sensory ...
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