Middles in Latin PoetryΣτρατής Κυριακίδης, Francesco De Martino |
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... Asopus Statius alludes to through datur ( 7.315 ) and ferunt ( 7.319 ) . Statius tells us that Zeus beat the Asopus back with lightning bolts when the river tried to stop Zeus ' rape of Aegina , the daughter of the river ( Theb . 7.315 ...
... Asopus Statius alludes to through datur ( 7.315 ) and ferunt ( 7.319 ) . Statius tells us that Zeus beat the Asopus back with lightning bolts when the river tried to stop Zeus ' rape of Aegina , the daughter of the river ( Theb . 7.315 ...
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... Asopus : first , in most accounts , the rape took place in Sicyon , not in Boeotia ; second , even in Pindar , who seems to allude to the rape of the Boeotian river's daughter , the punishment is not mentioned . 109 In extant poetry ...
... Asopus : first , in most accounts , the rape took place in Sicyon , not in Boeotia ; second , even in Pindar , who seems to allude to the rape of the Boeotian river's daughter , the punishment is not mentioned . 109 In extant poetry ...
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... Asopus took place in Boeotia . Callimachus is evidently the first to place this story in Boeotia . So when Statius also sets the myth of the river in Boeotia , his Asopus seems to owe its origin to Callimachus . Statius ' Asopus is thus ...
... Asopus took place in Boeotia . Callimachus is evidently the first to place this story in Boeotia . So when Statius also sets the myth of the river in Boeotia , his Asopus seems to owe its origin to Callimachus . Statius ' Asopus is thus ...
Contents
List of Contributors pp | 7 |
Stratis Kyriakidis and Francesco De Martino Introduction 99 | 9 |
Philip Hardie Don Fowler and Middles 99 | 25 |
Copyright | |
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