Middles in Latin PoetryΣτρατής Κυριακίδης, Francesco De Martino |
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... course , only Ariadne and Bacchus with his retinue are actually represented on the coverlet . This study is not , however , very much concerned with the technical aspects of the present ecphrasis and does not insist on distinguishing ...
... course , only Ariadne and Bacchus with his retinue are actually represented on the coverlet . This study is not , however , very much concerned with the technical aspects of the present ecphrasis and does not insist on distinguishing ...
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... course , but rather the Achilleid.93 But as we shall see , Statius ' practice in the rest of the catalogue in Thebaid 7 illustrates that metamorphoses and the closely related theme of aetia may also play prominent roles in an epic on ...
... course , but rather the Achilleid.93 But as we shall see , Statius ' practice in the rest of the catalogue in Thebaid 7 illustrates that metamorphoses and the closely related theme of aetia may also play prominent roles in an epic on ...
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... course of things . Jupiter's speech is , of course , a characteristically epic discursive form , in overt imitation of the same god's utterance in the first book of the Aeneid . As in the Virgilian model , the speech imparts larger ...
... course of things . Jupiter's speech is , of course , a characteristically epic discursive form , in overt imitation of the same god's utterance in the first book of the Aeneid . As in the Virgilian model , the speech imparts larger ...
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