Redesigning Achilles : 'Recycling' the Epic Cycle in the 'Little Iliad' (Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622) - Epic poetry, Latin Epic poetry, Greek LITERARY CRITICISM sähkökirjat Ovid Latein /Literatur, Literaturgeschichte Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature Troijan sota kertomakirjallisuus Trojan War

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.

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Papaioannou, Sophia

De Gruyter

2007

9783110204308

9783110200485

Achilles (Greek mythology) Trojan War kertomakirjallisuus kertomarunous mytologia Ovidius Naso, P Troijan sota Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature Epic poetry, Greek Epic poetry, Latin LITERARY CRITICISM sähkökirjat Latein /Literatur, Literaturgeschichte Ovid

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