Epistle to the Pisos
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The Epistle to the Pisos, commonly known as the Ars Poetica, is a didactic poem by Horace that outlines principles of poetic composition and literary criticism in classical Rome.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin poem
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classical Latin literature ⓘ didactic poem ⓘ literary criticism work ⓘ poetic treatise ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ars Poetica
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De Arte Poetica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | circa 19 BCE ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Horace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse epistle ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
didactic poetry
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poetics ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
appropriate style
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decorum ⓘ didactic pleasure ⓘ mixing genres ⓘ poetic craft ⓘ unity of action ⓘ ut pictura poesis ⓘ verisimilitude ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitle | Ars Poetica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 476 hexameter lines ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | hexameter poem ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfOrigin | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | foundational text in Western poetics ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
characterization in drama
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comedy ⓘ decorum in literature ⓘ didactic function of poetry ⓘ drama theory ⓘ imitation of life in poetry ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ meter in poetry ⓘ moral function of literature ⓘ poetic composition ⓘ poetics theory ⓘ role of the poet ⓘ style in poetry ⓘ tragedy ⓘ unity in poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Pope
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Boileau NERFINISHED ⓘ French classical drama theory ⓘ Horatian tradition of literary criticism ⓘ Lessing NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance literary theory ⓘ neoclassical poetics ⓘ |
| isAddressedTo |
Lucius Calpurnius Piso and his sons
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Piso family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Horace's Epistles tradition ⓘ |
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