Middles in Latin PoetryΣτρατής Κυριακίδης, Francesco De Martino |
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... Caesar down to distant years . The name of Caesar is at the beginning and end of this process , framing the two lines , the alpha and omega of this epic . But note that the man Caesar is also in the middle of the time - span that ...
... Caesar down to distant years . The name of Caesar is at the beginning and end of this process , framing the two lines , the alpha and omega of this epic . But note that the man Caesar is also in the middle of the time - span that ...
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... Caesar . The description of the witch's appearance is that of a person consumed by ira : 59 this is likewise one of the driving forces behind Caesar's behaviour . 56 56 Apart from 6.507-8 ( see note above ) , Erichtho's impiety is ...
... Caesar . The description of the witch's appearance is that of a person consumed by ira : 59 this is likewise one of the driving forces behind Caesar's behaviour . 56 56 Apart from 6.507-8 ( see note above ) , Erichtho's impiety is ...
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... Caesar watches the desecration afterwards . This suggests that Erichtho initiated the war , while Caesar settles back to enjoy the result , personal victory for himself . There are other echoes of Erichtho in Lucan's descriptions of ...
... Caesar watches the desecration afterwards . This suggests that Erichtho initiated the war , while Caesar settles back to enjoy the result , personal victory for himself . There are other echoes of Erichtho in Lucan's descriptions of ...
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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Aeneas Aeneid allusion already Apollonius appears Asopus battle becomes beginning Book bring Caesar Callimachus catalogue Catullus central centre civil clear close closure comes connection contrast course coverlet create death delay describes discussion earlier epic epigram example fact final forces Fowler Francesco De Martino further gives gods Greek Homeric human important indicates instance kind later Latin lines literary look Lucan Lucretius marked Martial meaning mention Metamorphoses middle mind Muses narrative nature Odes opening Ovid Ovid's particular passage perhaps Persius poem poem's poet poetic poetry position present proem Punica reader recalls reference relation river Roman Rome scene second half seems seen sense significance Silius stanzas Statius story structure suggests Theb Thebaid thematic theme Theseus things Tibullus tradition turn Valerius Venus verses Virgil Virgilian whole