Middles in Latin PoetryΣτρατής Κυριακίδης, Francesco De Martino |
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... already carried in a triumphal chariot : in other words , Ovid's didactic poem has already achieved the epic success anticipated in the proem of the third Georgic . But we are as yet only half- way along this epic path , and the epic ...
... already carried in a triumphal chariot : in other words , Ovid's didactic poem has already achieved the epic success anticipated in the proem of the third Georgic . But we are as yet only half- way along this epic path , and the epic ...
Page 160
... already a repetition of the arrival of the Argonauts at the Phasis at the midpoint of Apollonius ' Argonautica , at the end of Book 2.29 Where it will take Apollonius the better part of 300 lines to bring his narrative at the beginning ...
... already a repetition of the arrival of the Argonauts at the Phasis at the midpoint of Apollonius ' Argonautica , at the end of Book 2.29 Where it will take Apollonius the better part of 300 lines to bring his narrative at the beginning ...
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... already encountered the Asopus ( iam ripas , Asope , tuas Boeotaque ventum / flumina , 7.424-5 ) . This Asopus is the same river that was mentioned in the catalogue and that alludes to Callimachus , perhaps to his Hymn to Delos . In the ...
... already encountered the Asopus ( iam ripas , Asope , tuas Boeotaque ventum / flumina , 7.424-5 ) . This Asopus is the same river that was mentioned in the catalogue and that alludes to Callimachus , perhaps to his Hymn to Delos . In the ...
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