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Title Epic interactions [electronic resource] : 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.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 441 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-412) and indexes.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Homer -- Criticism and interpretation.
Homer -- Influence.
Virgil -- Criticism and interpretation.
Griffin, Jasper.
Epic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Clarke, Michael (Michael J.)
Currie, Bruno.
Lyne, R. O. A. M.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0199276307 (alk. paper)
9780199276301 (alk. paper)

 
    
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