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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Chapter XXII Laws and Prayers
- Chapter XXIII Plautus
- Chapter XXIV Virgil and Early High-Style Poetry
- Chapter XXV Lucilius
- Chapter XXVI Cicero
- Chapter XXVII Catullus
- Chapter XXVIII Caesar, Bellum Ciuile: Asyndeton and Textual Criticism
- Chapter XXIX Horace
- Chapter XXX The Annalists, Sallust and Tacitus
- Chapter XXXI Livy
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Chapter XXIV - Virgil and Early High-Style Poetry
from Part 5 - Genres And Texts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2021
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Frontispiece
- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin Literature
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 ‘Grammatical’ Types
- Part 3 Semantic Types
- Part 4 Structures
- Part 5 Genres And Texts
- Chapter XXII Laws and Prayers
- Chapter XXIII Plautus
- Chapter XXIV Virgil and Early High-Style Poetry
- Chapter XXV Lucilius
- Chapter XXVI Cicero
- Chapter XXVII Catullus
- Chapter XXVIII Caesar, Bellum Ciuile: Asyndeton and Textual Criticism
- Chapter XXIX Horace
- Chapter XXX The Annalists, Sallust and Tacitus
- Chapter XXXI Livy
- Part 6 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index Mainly of Selected Pairs and Longer Sequences
- Selective Index Locorum
Summary
This chapter is diverse, in that it deals with Virgil and Homer, Ennius and some other early poets (Pacuvius, Livius Andronicus, Naevius), and Lucretius. It is about asyndeton, particularly with two members, in poetry of the higher genres (including some tragic fragments) mainly in the earlier Republic. The chapter does not follow a chronological order. It starts with the latest writer of the group, Virgil, because his use of asyndeton can be straightforwardly described, and the description opens the way to comparisons between poets and to discussion of the influence of one writer on another. Was Virgil influenced by Homer, or by Lucretius or Ennius? Where does Lucretius stand in relation to early poetry? Explicit coordination will also be referred to, and will allow asyndetic coordination to be seen for what it is.
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- Asyndeton and its Interpretation in Latin LiteratureHistory, Patterns, Textual Criticism, pp. 313 - 372Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021