Reading epic an introduction to the ancient narratives /
| Main Author: | Toohey, Peter, 1951- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
1992.
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| Physical Description: |
xiii, 248 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-241) and index. Epic : the genre, its characteristics -- Homer, Iliad -- Homer, Odyssey -- Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica -- Beginning epic in Rome -- The Alexandrian miniature epic -- Virgil, Aeneid -- Ovid, Metamorphoses -- Lucan, the Civil war -- Roman epic and the emperor Domitian -- Ends and beginnings : late ancient epic. |
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| Physical Description: |
xiii, 248 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-241) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0415042275 0415042283 |