Middles in Latin PoetryΣτρατής Κυριακίδης, Francesco De Martino |
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... story of the hero has begun at Troy and with the conditions created by the Trojan war . Since Carthage and the events there occupy an advanced place in the story of Aeneas , we say that the Aeneid begins in medias res . In other words ...
... story of the hero has begun at Troy and with the conditions created by the Trojan war . Since Carthage and the events there occupy an advanced place in the story of Aeneas , we say that the Aeneid begins in medias res . In other words ...
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... story of the poem . It is this pivotal point which triggers off the embedded story of Theseus and Ariadne . The plot of the latter is ' woven ' around the central point of the story , the shore of Dia – Naxos where Ariadne is abandoned ...
... story of the poem . It is this pivotal point which triggers off the embedded story of Theseus and Ariadne . The plot of the latter is ' woven ' around the central point of the story , the shore of Dia – Naxos where Ariadne is abandoned ...
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... story of Zeus striking the Boeotian Asopus , the statement may refer to the Hymn to Delos . Although the rape of Aegina is not explicitly mentioned in the hymn ( the scholia to Apollonius suggest the point was made explicitly ) ...
... story of Zeus striking the Boeotian Asopus , the statement may refer to the Hymn to Delos . Although the rape of Aegina is not explicitly mentioned in the hymn ( the scholia to Apollonius suggest the point was made explicitly ) ...
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