In this paper we aim to show that the insertion of the Ars amatoria by Ovid in the category of didactic poetry should not be taken as definitive. Despite the presence of elements considered characteristic of this type of ...

This article deals with the description of a Latin poem about hunting, Cynegeticon, as a typical textual representation of an ancient didactic poetry. Alongside with the description, the article will also intend to ...

In this article we intend to focus on the way two didactic poems in Latin literature organized the layers of lessons incorporated into their verses. These poems are Virgil’s Georgics (1st century B.C.E.) and Nemesian’s ...

In this article we intend to show that Virgil’s Georgics, despite presenting obvious points of contact with some rural practices existing in ancient Rome, should not be taken as a strict document on Roman rurality. Some ...

In this article, we will discuss how the exposition of technical matters pertaining to vulcanology, as presented in the Roman work Aetna, is combined with some poetic devices that the anonymous author has skilfully resorted ...

The objective of this work was to present a translation to Portuguese of the poem Hamartigenia by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348-c.405 AD). Philosophical and explanatory notes were added, as well as commentaries on the ...

This dissertation consists of a commented translation into Portuguese of the poem Medicamina Faciei Femineae, now translated as Cosmetics for the Female Face. This poem was written by the Roman poet Ovid in the first ...