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Epic Lessons: An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry

Epic Lessons: An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Book information

ISBN: 9780415862240
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
DEWEY: 880.09
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 282
Weight: 414g
Height: 152mm
Width: 228mm
Spine width: 25mm

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