Homer in Stone: The Tabulae Iliacae in Their Roman Context

ISBN-13: 9781316631935 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 284 str.

David Petrain

Opis

A study of the Trojan War as retold in carved images and texts at the dawn of the Roman Empire.

Recenzje

'The book is handsomely produced and well-illustrated, with few typographical errors; the two appendices provide an invaluable conspectus of the iconography and inscriptions on all the known Tabulae. Petrain has done a great deal to advance the study of these perplexing and intriguing objects, and all scholars of the Roman reception of Greek culture will learn much from his superb monograph.' Thomas R. Keith, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Reading visual narrative in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds; 2. Tabula and taxis; 3. The semantics of the center; 4. Narrative in frieze and panel; 5. Findspots, display contexts, and the Roman public library; 6. Epic in miniature; Appendix 1. Conspectus of the Tabulae Iliacae; Appendix 2. Description of selected Tabulae: texts and images.