Latin Didactic, Scientific, and Technical Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23457925 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Courtney Roby (0000-0001-9652-0614, Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook Topics in Classical Studies (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935390.013.100 |
| OpenAlex | W2624663418 |
| ISBN | 9780199935390 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Roman authors developed a rich and creative literature in Latin on a wide range of scientific and technical subjects, intended for a variety of readerships and spanning many different genres, including didactic poetry, as well as technical prose. This essay discusses literature in Latin that sought to illuminate the natural world for its readers or instruct them in manipulating it. Particular focus is placed on the problems of identifying and classifying these varieties of literature and their relationship to other literary genres; their structure, language, and style; and their engagements with Greek technical literature. The literary traditions of individual disciplines (e.g., agriculture, architecture, astronomy, and surveying) are examined as case studies of broad patterns in literary developments including the building of technical vocabularies, the choice of poetry and prose, and the degree of organization of the text.
Archaeology · Art · Focus (optics) · Latin literature · Linguistics · Literature · Natural (archaeology) · Poetry · Scientific literature · Style (visual arts) · Variety (cybernetics) · Visual arts · Architecture · Artificial Intelligence · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Philosophy
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Columella, De Re Rustica
Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome
Medical Latin in the Roman Empire
Lucretian texture
Space, Geography, and Politics in the Early Roman Empire
Géométrie grecque et agrimensorique romaine. La science comme justification d'une idéologie
Ovid, Aratus and Augustus
Das systematische Lehrbuch
Vitruvius and Later Roman Building Manuals
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |