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Redesigning Achilles: ’Recycling’ the Epic Cycle in the ’Little Iliad’ (Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622)

By Papaioannou , Sophia

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2007
ISBN
3110200481, 9783110200485
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1502091 bytes)
Series
Untersuchungen Zur Antiken Literatur Und Geschichte 89
Edition
1
Pages
304\316
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The book is a detailed study on the structure and the topics of Ovids 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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