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The Poetics of Latin Didactic: Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius
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The Poetics of Latin Didactic: Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius
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This is a study of ancient didactic poetry, a type of literature which uses verse as the medium for teaching theoretical knowledge or practical skills. Volk combines a general discussion of didactic poetry as a genre in Greek and Latin literature with detailed interpretations of four famous Latin didactic poems by Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, and Manilius.