Title Reading epic : an introduction to the ancient narratives / Peter Toohey

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1992

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Description xiii, 248 pages ; 23 cm Contents 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 Analysis Epic poetry Greek poetry Latin poetry Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-241) and index Subject Epic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Epic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism. History, Ancient, in literature. Literature and history -- Greece. Literature and history -- Rome. Mythology, Classical, in literature. Narration (Rhetoric) Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500. Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 500 Rhetoric, Ancient. Author ebrary, Inc. LC no. 92007032 ISBN 0415042275 0415042283 (paperback)

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