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Redesigning Achilles
'Recycling' the Epic Cycle in the 'Little Iliad' (Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622)
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Sophia Papaioannou
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2007
About this book
The book is a detailed study on the structure and the topics of Ovid’s compedium of the Trojan Saga in Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622, the section also referred to as the “Little Iliad”. It explores the motives and the objectives behind the selected narrative moments from the Epic Cycle that found their way into the Ovidian version of the Trojan War. By thoroughly mastering and inspiringly refashioning a vast amount of literary material, Ovid generates a systematic reconstruction of the archetypal hero, Achilles. Thus, he projects himself as a worthy successor of Homer in the epic tradition, a master epicist, and a par to his great Latin predecessor, Vergil.
Author / Editor information
Sophia Papaioannou, The National and Capodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Topics
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Chapter Two Epic Self-affirmation and Epic
Self-consciousness: Introducing Achilles (Met. 12.64-145)
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
August 27, 2008
eBook ISBN:
9783110204308
Hardcover published on:
December 17, 2007
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110200485
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
12
Main content:
304
Audience(s) for this book
Academics, Institutes, Libraries
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