Epic Lessons

An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry

Nonfiction, History, Ancient History, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: Peter Toohey ISBN: 9781135035334
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 15, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Peter Toohey
ISBN: 9781135035334
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 15, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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 Epic

'Toohey's 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

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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 Epic

'Toohey's 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

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