A medical authority, Girolamo Fracastoro (1478--1553) was also a prominent Neo-Latin poet. This volume includes his didactic poem Syphilis, which gave the name to the disease and contains the first poetical description of Columbus' discovery of America; a short Biblical epic, the Joseph; and the Carmina, a collection of shorter poetry.
Информация за "Latin Poetry"
- SKU 9780674072718
- Weight 0.662000
- ISBN 9780674072718
- Вид корица Hardback
- Издателство Harvard University Press
- Брой страници 468
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