Explores what kind of stories emerge from classical epic when similes are front and center. Combines the interdisciplinary field of embodied cognition with literary analyses of Classical epic similes to show how the distinctive themes of an individual poem emerge from the experiences that similes create.
Explores what kind of stories emerge from classical epic when similes are front and center. Combines the interdisciplinary field of embodied cognition with literary analyses of Classical epic similes to show how the distinctive themes of an individual poem emerge from the experiences that similes create.
DEBORAH BECK is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Texas, Austin. She is the author of Homeric Conversation (2005) and Speech Presentation in Homeric Epic (2012). She is also the producer of 'Musings in Greek Literature,' a podcast featuring the work of advanced Greek students reading ancient Greek poetry at the University of Texas at Austin.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Homer Odyssey: heroism, home, and family 2. Homer Iliad: leadership and loss 3. Apollonius Argonautica: gender, emotion, and the limits of human skill 4. Vergil Aeneid: rage and isolation 5. Ovid Metamorphoses: stories of Eros and Epic.
1. Homer Odyssey: heroism, home, and family 2. Homer Iliad: leadership and loss 3. Apollonius Argonautica: gender, emotion, and the limits of human skill 4. Vergil Aeneid: rage and isolation 5. Ovid Metamorphoses: stories of Eros and Epic.
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