The Neotericoi (Greek νεωτερικοί `new poets`), Neoterics or the Neoteric period refers to avant-garde poets and their poetry, specifically those Greek and Latin poets in the Hellenistic Period (323 BC onwards) who propagated a new style of Greek poetry, deliberately turning away from the classical Homeric epic poetry. Their poems featu..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteric
poetry genre practiced by the Novae Poetae in Rome in the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE; these poets wrote in reaction to the highly structured poetic genres and venerated originality; this genre relied heavily on Greek innovations in poetry and especially esteemed Callimachus; Catullus was one of the most famous Neoteric poets. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/10135