Poësis gnomica

Poësis gnomica in dictis significantibus consistit, versibus ad adiuvandam memoriam passis. A Graecis antiquis gnomes appellatae sunt, a Graeco verbo 'opinionem' significante. Verbum gnome a Henrico Peacham (1576?–1643?), critico Elizabethano, sic definita est: "dictum ad modos et communes hominum usus pertinens, quod res in nostra vita brevitate apta declarat quae fieri aut non fieri debet."^[1] Poësis gnomica ad latam litterarum sapientiae familiam pertinet, quae generales de mundo veritates exprimit. Inter themata usitata sunt res divinae saecularesque et hierarchicae coniunctiones sociales.

Nexus interni

↑ Anglice: "a saying pertaining to the manners and common practices of men, which declareth, with an apt brevity, what in this our life ought to be done, or not done."

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Martin, Richard P. 2005. Gnomes in Poems: Wisdom Performance on the Athenian Stage. Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, May, Stanford University. PDF.

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