Alexandria Poem - Alexandria Poem

Japanese: アレクサンドリア詩 - あれくさんどりあし
Alexandria Poem - Alexandria Poem

… In the Alexandrian period, the short poems of Callimachus, the pastoral poems of Theocritus, and the epic poems of Apollonius appeared, and the works of these poets were already being written and read. Under the influence of this Alexandrian poetry, the so-called Latin poetry of ancient Rome began, and in the 1st century BC, first Lucretius and Catullus appeared, followed by the epic poet Virgil and the lyric poet Horace. Virgil's Aeneid tells the story of a hero who survived the fall of Troy and wandered from place to place, eventually founding Rome in Italy. Although the subject matter was based on folklore, it was conceived and written as the work of a single poet. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Alexandrian Poetry" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… アレクサンドリア時代には短詩のカリマコス,牧歌のテオクリトス,叙事詩のアポロニオスらが出るが,これらの詩人の作品はすでに書かれ読まれるものとなっている。このアレクサンドリア詩の影響下に,古代ローマのいわゆるラテン詩が始まり,前1世紀にまずルクレティウス,カトゥルスが,ついで叙事詩人ウェルギリウス,抒情詩人ホラティウスが現れる。ウェルギリウスの《アエネーイス》はトロイアの落城後生き残った英雄が各地をさまよった末,イタリアにローマを建国する物語だが,題材には伝承を取り入れながらも一人の詩人の創作として構想され,書き下ろされたものである。…

※「アレクサンドリア詩」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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