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Author Dekel, Edan

Title Virgil's Homeric Lens
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (171 pages)
Series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Routledge monographs in classical studies.
Contents Front Cover; Virgil's Homeric Lens; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Primary Colors; 2. Iliadic Refraction; 3. Odyssean Diffraction; 4. Virgilian Reflection; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages; Subject Index
Summary Virgil's Homeric Lens reevaluates the traditional view of the Aeneid's relationship to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Almost since the death of Virgil, there has been an assumption that the Aeneid breaks into two discrete halves: Virgil's Odyssey, and Virgil's Iliad. Although modified in various ways over the centuries, this neat dichotomy has generally diminished the complexity and resonance of the connection between the two canonical epic poets. This work offers an alternate approach in which Virgil uses the transformative power of the Odyssey as a precise filter through which to read the Iliadi
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Subject Virgil. Aeneis.
Virgil -- Knowledge -- Greek literature
Homer -- Influence
Homer. Iliad.
Homer. Odyssey.
SUBJECT Homer fast
Virgil fast
Aeneis (Virgil) fast
Iliad (Homer) fast
Odyssey (Homer) fast
Subject Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
Latin poetry -- Greek influences
Intertextuality.
Epic poetry, Greek
Epic poetry, Latin
Greek literature
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intertextuality
Latin poetry -- Greek influences
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203806227
0203806220