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Epic interactions : perspectives on Homer, Virgil, and the epic tradition : presented to Jasper Griffin by former pupils / edited by M.J. Clarke, B.G.F. Currie, and R.O.A.M. Lyne.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Available online
Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homer--Criticism and interpretation.
- Homer--Influence.
- Virgil--Criticism and interpretation.
- Griffin, Jasper.
- Epic poetry, Classical--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (456 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays celebrating the career of Jasper Griffin, one of the foremost modern scholars of classical epic, surveys the epic tradition from the eighth century BC to the nineteenth century of our era. - ;This collection of essays, written by former pupils of his, celebrates the career of Jasper Griffin, one of the foremost modern scholars of classical epic. The volume surveys the epic tradition from the eighth century BC to the nineteenth century of our era. Individual chapters focus on: Homer and the oral epic tradition; Homer in his religious context; Herodotus and Homer; Helle
- Contents:
- Homer and the early epic tradition / Bruno Currie
- Homer's religion : philological perspectives from Indo-European and Semitic / Simon Pulleyn
- Homer and Herodotus / Christopher Pelling
- Hellenistic epic and Homeric form / Gregory Hutchinson
- The Aeneid : inheritance and empire / Rebecca Armstrong
- The epic and the monuments : interactions between Virgil's Aeneid and the Augustan building programme / Stephen Harrison
- Augustan responses to the Aeneid / Matthew Robinson
- Statius and the sublimity of Capaneus / Matthew Leigh
- Achilles, Byrhtnoth, and Cu Chulainn : continuity and analogy from Homer to the medieval north / Michael Clarke
- Quantum Mutatus ab Illo : moments of change and recognition in Tasso and Milton / Emily Wilson.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-412) and indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-153478-1
- 1-4356-0726-0
- OCLC:
- 609829604
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