Philodemus: On Poems, Book 2: With the Fragments of Heracleodorus and Pausimachus

by Richard Janko

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The On Poems by Philodemus of Gadara (c.110-35 BC), the Epicurean philosopher and poet who taught Vergil and influenced Horace, is our main source for Hellenistic literary and critical theory, bridging the gap between Aristotle and Horace. In Book 2 Philodemus rebuts two almost unknown critics, Heracleodorus and Pausimachus, who argued, respectively, that the sound arising from the word-order (synthesis) is the source of poetic excellence, regardless...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198835086

ISBN13:9780198835080

Release Date:August 2020

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:780 Pages

Weight:2.90 lbs.

Dimensions:2.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy Poetry

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