Propertius, Greek Myth, and Virgil: Rivalry, Allegory, and Polemic

ISBN-13: 9780199541577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 320 str.

Peter Heslin

Opis

This strikingly innovative account of Propertius' relationship with Virgil paints a remarkable picture of poetic rivals. Examination of their use of Greek mythology uncovers sustained polemics concealed and couched in meta-literary allusions, forcing a reshaping of our understanding of poetic interaction within the circle of Maecenas.

Recenzje

[a] learned and thought-provoking book ... It is a testament to the persuasiveness of Heslin's arguments that in most instances where a reader disagrees with his interpretation, one is much more likely to seek an alternate explanation than to doubt the possibility of the myth's relevance to its larger thematic context. Jeri DeBrohun, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

O autorze

Peter Heslin is Reader in Classics at Durham University. He is the author of The Museum of Augustus: The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii, the Portico of Philippus in Rome, and Latin Poetry (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2015), The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid (CUP, 2005), and several articles examining Propertius' relationship to both Virgil and Horace. He has also written on the topography of Augustan Rome, the Latin epic tradition, and Digital Humanities, and is the developer of Diogenes, open-source software for reading Latin and Greek texts.