Nicholas Horsfall

The Epic Distilled

Studies in the Composition of the Aeneid

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Produktbeschreibung

The Epic Distilled is a rich exploration of Virgil's use of sources in the Aeneid, considering elements of history, geography, mythology, and ethnography, and offering readers a fresh approach to understanding the full intellectual texture of Virgil's epic poem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 141mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 329g
• ISBN-13: 9780198758877
• ISBN-10: 0198758871
• Artikelnr.: 47867889

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Horsfall is Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Bibliography
1: To Peel the Artichoke
2: 'Ceaselessly Wrangling in the Bird-Cage of the Muses'
3: Doctus et lector
4: Erudition and Invention
5: The Invention of Myth
6: Inconsistencies
7: Signposts by the Wayside
8: So the Story Goes
9: The Poet as Jackdaw, and the Role of Anachronisms
10: An Epic of Many Voices
Index