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Device and composition in the Greek epic cycle / Benjamin Sammons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sammons, Benjamin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Greek.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Benjamin Sammons argues that the poems of the so-called 'Epic Cycle' were constructed using the same traditional devices as the Homeric epics. From this insight he sheds new light on the overall form of these lost poems and offers fresh interpretation of the few remaining fragments.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-067934-4
- 0-19-061486-2
- 0-19-061485-4
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