Latin Epic and Didactic Poetry: Genre, Tradition and Individuality.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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PA6047

0-9543845-6-3

Latin epic and didactic poetry; genre, tradition and individuality.

Title main entry. Ed. by Monica Gale.

Classical Press of Wales, [c]2004

264 p.

$69.50

In 11 papers from a September 2000 conference in Maynooth, Ireland, classicists consider the strategies that Roman poets used to situate themselves within the ...

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