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''Ars Poetica,'' or "The Art of Poetry," is a poem written by Horace c. 19 BCE,〔The dating of the poem is uncertain. Different sources give various dates ranging from 19-10 BCE. The date 19 BCE is given by ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature,'' p. 74.〕 in which he advises poets on the art of writing poetry and drama. The ''Ars Poetica'' has "exercised a great influence in later ages on European literature, notably on French drama..."〔Howatson, M.C. ''The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature,'' 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 75.〕 and has inspired poets and writers through the ages.〔For a discussion of the Ars Poetica and related poems, see: Poets.org - http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20035).〕 == Background == The poem was written in hexameter verse as an Epistle (or Letter) to Lucius Calpurnius Piso (the Roman senator and consul) and his two sons, and is sometimes referred to as the ''Epistula Ad Pisones'', or "Epistle to the Pisos". The first mention of its name as the ''"Ars Poetica"'' was c. 95 by the classical literary critic Quintilian in his ''Institutio Oratoria'',"〔''Institutio Oratoria'' 8.60 (Also known as ''Institutes of Oratory'' - in its Dedication to Trypho). See: ''Horace: Epistles Book II and Epistle to the Pisones (Ars Poetica),'' ed. by Niall Rudd. Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. 19.〕 and since then it has been known by that name. "Written...in a loose conversational frame, the ''Ars poetica'' consists of 476 lines containing nearly 30 maxims for...poets."〔Article on ''Ars Poetica.'' Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition, 2014.〕 However, unlike philosopher Aristotle's formal treatise the ''Poetics'', the ''Ars Poetica'' ::is not a systematic handbook of literary theory; nor, in spite of the respect accorded to it in later centuries, was it ever meant to be. It is a lively, entertaining verse-epistle, written by a well-read man for his friends, who shared his love of poetry and whose company we are invited to join.〔Niall Rudd, p. 34.〕 Horace approaches poetry from a practical standpoint - as a craft, or ''ars'' - rather than the theoretical approach of his predecessors, Aristotle and the philosopher Plato. He also holds the poet in high regard, as opposed, for instance, to Plato, who distrusts ''mimesis,'' and has philosoher Socrates say in Book 10 of the Republic that he would banish the poets from the ideal state.〔''The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism,'' ed. by Vincent B. Leitch et al. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2001, p. 121 and p. 33.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ars Poetica (Horace)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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