Gigantomachy and Natural Philosophy
1979 ◽
Vol 29
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pp. 165-171
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Augustan poets refer curiously often to the possible composition of a Gigantomachy, as in Prop. 2.1 and 3.9, Ov. Am. 2.1.11 ff., Trist. 2.61 ff. and 331 ff., and the future study of natural philosophy, as in Verg. Georg. 2.475 ff. and Prop. 3.5.25 ff. These ambitions are rejected, abandoned, or firmly set in the future. I suggest that the function of both is closely similar since they provide traditionally sublime themes to contrast the poet's present ‘humbler’’ task.
1987 ◽
Vol 51
(part 2: Supplement: 50th Anniversary Issue)
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pp. S173
2017 ◽
Vol 38
(9)
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pp. 1631-1641
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2014 ◽
Vol 709
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pp. 517-520
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1994 ◽
Vol 8
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pp. 13-30
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1974 ◽
Vol 39
(3)
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pp. 270-279
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