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Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica : engaging Homer in late antiquity /
This book, the first monograph in English on Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica in over a century, offers a comprehensive study of the poem's poetics and narrative, with a specific focus on the interaction between its Homeric intertextuality and Late Antique influences.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo Latín |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2012.
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| Colección: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;
v. 343. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Introduction; Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica; Chapter One. Signs of the Times: Being Homer Later; i. Reading Quintus Reading Homer; ii. A Late Antique Aesthetic?; iii. (M)use-less Singing: Quintus' Art?; Chapter Two. Ecphrasis and the Emblems of the Past; i. Reading Directions in Ecphrasis; ii. (Re- )reading the Shield of Achilles; iii. Unfolding Ecphrasis: The Mountain of Arete; Chapter Three. Speaking Morality through Gnomai; i. Homeric Voices? Narrators and Narratees; ii. Fate, Gods, and the Sayings of Nestor; Chapter Four. Posthomeric Similes, Homeric Likenesses.
- I. Penthesileia: A New Dawnii. Helen Received, Helen Judged; iii. Like Father like Son: Comparing Neoptolemus; Afterword; Bibliography; General Index; Index Locorum.