Vergil's Aeneid and the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius

ISBN-13: 9780905205977 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 519 str.

Damien Nelis

Opis

Virgil's debt to Homer is well known but, as this detailed and specialized analysis demonstrates, Apollonius RhodiusAE Argonautica, itself influenced by Homer, was a more immediate source. Assuming prior knowledge of the texts, Greek and Latin, Damien Nelis scrutinizes and compares specific episodes, characters or passages of text from Virgil, Apollonius and Homer, providing a fresh perspective on all three authors, and looks for the reasoning behind Virgil's choice of sources. Extracts in Greek and Latin."