| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 304 pages). |
| Series |
Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, 1862-1112 ; Bd. 89 |
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Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; Bd. 89.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
The book is a detailed study on the structure and the topics of Ovida (TM)s compedium of the Trojan Saga in Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622, the section also referred to as the a oeLittle Iliada . 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. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One Designing 'Epic' Beginnings; Chapter Two Epic Self-affirmation and Epic Self-consciousness: Introducing Achilles (Met. 12.64-145); Chapter Three Poetic Memory and Epic (De)Composition: Deconstructing Achilles; Chapter Four Facets of Elimination: Killing Achilles; Chapter Five The 'Judgment of the Arms': Re-Constructing Achilles; Chapter Six Fe/Male Sacrifice: Performing the Poetics of Genre- and Gender-Crossing in the 'Fall of Troy' (Met. 13.399-575); Chapter Seven Memnon's Fate and Fame: Impersonating Achilles; Backmatter. |
| Subject |
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.
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Homer. Iliad.
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Achilles (Mythological character) -- In literature.
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Trojan War -- Literature and the war.
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Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Papaioannou, Sophia. Redesigning Achilles. Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, ©2007 9783110200485 3110200481 (OCoLC)183147590 |
| ISBN |
9783110204308 (electronic bk.) |
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3110204304 (electronic bk.) |
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