Carpe Diem: The Poetics of Presence in Greek and Latin Literature

ISBN-13: 9781009018555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str.

Cambridge) Rohland Robert A. (Trinity College

Opis

Reveals the critical importance of the ancient carpe diem motif for understanding ancient literature and its creation of vivid presents.

Spis treści

1. The archaeology of Carpe Diem: Sardanapallus, monuments, epigrams, and false beginnings; 2. A moveable feast: Wine storage-places as drinkable calendars in Horace; 3. Gathering leaves: Horace, choice of words, cyclical time, and the production of presence; 4. The pleasure of images: Epigrams and objects 100 ʙᴄ – ᴀᴅ 100; 5. As is the generation of leaves, so are the generations of cows, mice, and gigolos…: Excerpe Diem! or excerpts of 'Carpe Diem'.