Description: Research and literary historians have always insisted that Alexandrine poetry is particularly focused on sensory perception and the organs that facilitate it. The same appreciation can be seen not only in literature, but also in the ontology and cognitive teachings of the Epicureans and Stoics.
Review Quotes: "O.'s clearly structured and well-written book offers a stimulating, thoughtful and innovative contribution to one of the ongoing debates about Helenistic poetry. Her analyses of ancient philosophical and rhetorical texts are clear and her interpretations of poetry sensitive and enlightening."