Carpe diem : the poetics of presence in Greek and Latin literature
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Carpe diem : the poetics of presence in Greek and Latin literature
（Cambridge classical studies）
Cambridge University Press, 2022
- : pbk
- Other Title
-
Poetics of presence in Greek and Latin literature
Available at / 2 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239- 281) and indexes
Contents of Works
- Introduction : in search of present time
- The archaeology of Carpe diem : Sardanapallus, monuments, epigrams, and false beginnings
- A moveable feast : wine storage-places as drinkable calendars in Horace
- Gathering leaves : Horace, choice of words, cyclical time, and the production of presence
- The pleasure of images : epigrams and objects 100 BC-AD 100
- As is the generation of leaves, so are the generations of cows, mice, and gigolos ... : excerpe diem!, or, excerpts of "Carpe diem'
- Epilogue : echoes of Carpe diem