Parthenope : : the interplay of ideas in Vergilian bucolic / / by Gregson Davis.
This study of the Eclogues focuses on Vergil’s exploration of issues relating to the subject of human happiness ( eudaimonia )–ideas that were the subject of robust debate in contemporary philosophical schools, including the community of émigré Epicurean teachers and their Roman pupils located in th...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne. Supplements ; v. 346. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
346. Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Prelude: The Poet as Thinker
- Framing a Dialogue on Vicissitude: The Interplay of Ideas in Ecl. 1
- Fracta cacumina: The Consolation of Poetry and Its Limitations(Ecl. 9)
- Vicissitude Writ Large: The Ontology of the Golden Age (Ecl. 4)
- Coping with Death: The Interplay of Lament and Consolation in Ecl. 5
- Coping with Erotic Adversity: Carmen et Amor (Ecl. 2 and 8)
- Erotic Vicissitude Writ Large (Ecl. 6)
- “Ecquis erit modus?”: The Vergilian Critique of Elegiac amor (Ecl. 10)
- Postlude: dulcis Parthenope
- Works Cited
- Index.