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Published by Leiden : Brill, 2012
ISBN 10: 9004230203ISBN 13: 9789004230200
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 224 pages ; 25 cm. Contents: Table of Contents Preface iiIntroduction 1Chapter 1: Signs of the Times: Being Homer Later 8(i) Reading Quintus Reading Homer 8(ii) A Late Antique Aesthetic? 16 (iii) (M)use-less Singing: Quintus' Art? 33 Chapter 2: Ecphrasis and the Emblems of the Past 47(i) Reading Directions in Ecphrasis 47(ii) (Re-)reading the Shield of Achilles 59 (iii) Unfolding Ecphrasis: the Mountain of Arete 84Chapter 3: Speaking Morality through Gnomai 111(i) Homeric voices? Narrators and Narratees 111(ii) Fate, Gods, and the Sayings of Nestor 130 Chapter 4: Posthomeric Similes, Homeric Likenesses 160(i) Penthesileia: A New Dawn 160(ii) Helen Received, Helen Judged 201 (iii) Like Father like Son: Comparing Neoptolemus 225 Afterword 252 Bibliography 255 'This book, the first monograph in English on Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica in over a century, offers a comprehensive study of the poem's poetics and narrative, with a specific focus on the interaction between its Homeric intertextuality and Late Antique influences.'.
Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2012
ISBN 10: 9004230203ISBN 13: 9789004230200
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.