Epic Lessons: An Introduction to Ancient Didactic Poetry

Toohey, Peter

Hardback (14 Nov 1996)

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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:	9780415088978
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	14 Nov 1996
DEWEY:	880.09
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	271
Weight:	476g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	27mm