Neoteric

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The Neotericoi (Greek new poets) or Neoterics were a series of avant-garde Greek and Latin poets who wrote during the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC).
Neoteric poets deliberately turned away from classical
Homeric epic poetry. Rather than focusing on the feats of
ancient heroes and gods, they propagated a new style of
poetry through stories that operated on a smaller scale in
themes and setting. The time range in which these poets
wrote is sometimes called the Neoteric period.

[1] Oxford Latin Reader, Maurice Balme and James Morewood (1997)

Although the poems of the Neoterics may seem to address supercial subjects, they are viewed as subtle and
accomplished works of art.

Greek Neoterics

The most famous of these were the Alexandrian

Greeks, Callimachus, the author of many epigrams, and
Theocritus, a bucolic poet from Sicily.

Latin Neoterics

Inuenced by the Greek Neoterics, the Latin Neoterics or

poetae novi (writing in the 1st century BC) rejected traditional social and literary norms. Their poetry is characterized by tight construction, a playful use of genre, punning, and complex allusions. The most signicant surviving Latin Neoteric is Catullus. The modern edition of his
works derives from a single codex, which appeared in the
14th century in his hometown of Verona, but now is lost.
His poetry exemplies the elegant vocabulary, meter, and
sound which the Neoterics sought, while balancing it with
the equally important allusive element of their style.
Latin poets normally classied as neoterics are Catullus
and his fellow poets such as Helvius Cinna, Publius Valerius Cato, Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Quintus Cornicius etc. Some neoteric stylistic features can also be seen
in the works of Virgil, who was one generation younger
than the poetae novi. They were occasionally the subject
of scorn from older, more traditionally minded Romans
such as Cicero.[1]

See also
Prosody (Latin)
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