Papaioannou Redesigning Achilles

'Recycling' the Epic Cycle in the 'Little Iliad' (Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.1-13.622)
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-11-020430-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 89, 316 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

Reihe: Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte

The book is a detailed study on the structure and the topics of Ovid’s compedium of the Trojan Saga in 12.1-13.622, the section also referred to as the “Little Iliad”. It explores the motives and the objectives behind the selected narrative moments from the Epic Cycle that found their way into the Ovidian version of the Trojan War. By thoroughly mastering and inspiringly refashioning a vast amount of literary material, Ovid generates a systematic reconstruction of the archetypal hero, Achilles. Thus, he projects himself as a worthy successor of Homer in the epic tradition, a master epicist, and a par to his great Latin predecessor, Vergil.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Institutes, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Papaioannou, Sophia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Frontmatter;1
2;Table of Contents;7
3;Introduction;13
4;Chapter One Designing ‘Epic’ Beginnings;37
5;Chapter Two Epic Self-affirmation and Epic Self-consciousness: Introducing Achilles (Met. 12.64-145);61
6;Chapter Three Poetic Memory and Epic (De)Composition: Deconstructing Achilles;99
7;Chapter Four Facets of Elimination: Killing Achilles;137
8;Chapter Five The ‘Judgment of the Arms’: Re-Constructing Achilles;165
9;Chapter Six Fe/Male Sacrifice: Performing the Poetics of Genre- and Gender-Crossing in the ‘Fall of Troy’ (Met. 13.399-575);219
10;Chapter Seven Memnon’s Fate and Fame: Impersonating Achilles;265
11;Backmatter;297

Über Autor(innen)

Sophia Papaioannou, The National and Capodistrian University of Athens, Greece.