Epic succession and dissension: Ovid, "Metamorphoses" 13.623 - 14.582, and the reinvention of the "Aeneid"

This is a direct literary adaptation of Virgil's Aeneid. The present study demonstrates how, in less than one thousand lines, Ovid revisits the epic world of Aeneas and subjects it to a reading that is a paradigm of critical analysis, a statement of originality, and a powerful claim to the epic...

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Main Author: Papaïōannu, Sophia (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin [u.a.] de Gruyter 2005
Series:Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte 73
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Summary:This is a direct literary adaptation of Virgil's Aeneid. The present study demonstrates how, in less than one thousand lines, Ovid revisits the epic world of Aeneas and subjects it to a reading that is a paradigm of critical analysis, a statement of originality, and a powerful claim to the epic heritage and Virgilian succession.
Item Description:mit lat. Textbeisp.
Physical Description:XII, 218 S. 230 mm x 155 mm
ISBN:3110183269