Neoteric poetry

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Neoteric poetry was a Hellenistic-influenced Roman literary movement characterized by its polished style, learned allusions, and focus on personal, often playful or erotic themes rather than grand epic subjects.

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Neoteric poetry canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic-influenced poetry ⓘ
Roman literary movement ⓘ
poetic movement ⓘ
contrastsWith Ennian epic tradition ⓘ
developedIn late Roman Republic ⓘ
linked to: Late Roman Republic
emphasizes artifice ⓘ
intertextuality ⓘ
mythological allusion ⓘ
subjective emotion ⓘ
focusesOn everyday experience ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
literary sophistication ⓘ
love ⓘ
hasAestheticIdeal doctus poeta ⓘ
hasCharacteristic brevity ⓘ
erotic themes ⓘ
erudition ⓘ
learned allusions ⓘ
personal themes ⓘ
playful tone ⓘ
polished style ⓘ
refined diction ⓘ
rejection of traditional epic scale ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
hasNotablePoet Calvus ⓘ
Catullus ⓘ
Cinna ⓘ
Furius Bibaculus ⓘ
linked to: Furius

Helvius Cinna ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
influenced Augustan poetry ⓘ
Latin love elegy ⓘ
influencedBy Alexandrian poetry ⓘ
Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
opposes traditional Roman epic poetry ⓘ
relatedConcept Alexandrianism ⓘ
poetae novi ⓘ
usesForm elegiac couplets ⓘ
epyllion ⓘ
short lyric poems ⓘ
values formal innovation ⓘ
learned reference ⓘ
subtlety ⓘ
wit ⓘ

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Catullus → movement → Neoteric poetry ⓘ
Carmina → literaryMovement → Neoteric poetry ⓘ