The Good Poem According to Philodemus

by Michael McOsker

This book elucidates the poetics of Philodemus of Gadara, a first century BCE Epicurean philosopher and poet, whose On Poems survives in extensive fragments among the Herculaneum papyri. Although his treatise was primarily polemical and lacks positive exposition, his views are often recoverable from a careful reading of the debates, occasional direct evidence, and attention to his basic Epicurean commitments.

His main critical principle is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190912812
• ISBN13: 9780190912819
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.6" x 6.5"