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The poems of the Epic Cycle are assumed to be the reworking of myths and narratives which had their roots in an oral tradition predating that of many of the myths and narratives which took their present form in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The remains of these texts allow us to investigate diachronic aspects of epic diction as well as the extent of variation within it on the part of individual authors - two of the most important questions in modern research on archaic epic. They also help to illuminate the early history of Greek mythology. Access to the poems, however, has been thwarted by their current fragmentary state. This volume provides the scholarly community and graduate students with a thorough critical foundation for reading and interpreting them.
Epic poetry, Greek --- Lost literature --- Cycles (Literature) --- Poésie épique grecque --- Oeuvres perdues (Littérature) --- Cycles (Littérature) --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- History and criticism --- LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient, Classical & Medieval. --- Antike. --- Epischer Kyklos. --- Kunst. --- Literatur. --- Rezeption. --- Griechenland. --- Poésie épique grecque --- Oeuvres perdues (Littérature) --- Cycles (Littérature) --- Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism --- Lost literature - Greece --- Literature --- Sequels (Literature)
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This first monograph in English on Colluthus situates this late antique author within his cultural context and offers a new appraisal of his hexameter poem The Abduction of Helen, the end-point of the pagan Greek epic tradition, which was composed in the Christianised Egyptian Thebaid. The book evaluates the poem's connections with long-established and contemporary literary and artistic genres and with Neoplatonic philosophy, and analyzes the poet's re-negotiation of traditional material to suit the expectations of a late fifth-century AD audience. It explores Colluthus' interpretation of the contemporary fascination with visuality, identifies new connections between Colluthus and Claudian, and shows how the author's engagement with the poetry of Nonnus goes much further than previously shown--
Epic poetry, Greek --- Poésie épique grecque --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Colluthus, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Criticism and interpretation --- Rape of Helen (Colluthus, of Lycopolis). --- Languages & Literatures --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- Poésie épique grecque --- Colluthus Lycopolitanus --- Coluthus --- Coluthus, --- Coluto, --- Colutus, --- Kollouthos, --- Lycopolis, Colluthus of --- Tebano, Coluto --- Thebanus, Colutus --- Colluthos, --- Κόλλουθος, --- Κόλοθος, --- Kolothos, --- Colluthus. --- Colluthus, - of Lycopolis. - Rape of Helen. --- Colluthus, - of Lycopolis - Criticism and interpretation. --- Colluthus, - of Lycopolis
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