03254oam 2200781I 450 991078383210332120230421043348.01-134-95217-10-203-28543-31-134-95218-X1-280-06742-X0-203-16912-310.4324/9780203169124 (CKB)1000000000253112(EBL)179136(OCoLC)475883550(SSID)ssj0000283417(PQKBManifestationID)11912534(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283417(PQKBWorkID)10249858(PQKB)11711681(MiAaPQ)EBC179136(Au-PeEL)EBL179136(CaPaEBR)ebr10095765(CaONFJC)MIL6742(OCoLC)560303497(EXLCZ)99100000000025311220180706d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading epic an introduction to the ancient narratives /Peter TooheyLondon ;New York :Routledge,1992.1 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-55507-8 0-415-04227-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-241) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; EPIC: THE GENRE, ITS CHARACTERISTICS; HOMER, ILIAD; HOMER, ODYSSEY; APOLLONIUS OF RHODES, ARGONAUTICA; BEGINNING EPIC IN ROME; THE ALEXANDRIAN MINIATURE EPIC; VIRGIL, AENEID; OVID, METAMORPHOSES; LUCAN, THE CIVIL WAR; ROMAN EPIC AND THE EMPEROR DOMITIAN; ENDS AND BEGINNINGS: LATE ANCIENT EPIC; APPENDIX: THE EPIC AND THE NOVEL; Bibliography; IndexReaders new to ancient epic are hampered in two ways: they do not know the ancient languages, and they are unfamiliar with the ancient world. This survey addresses the needs of these readers by offering guidance through the major classical writers of epic: it begins with Homer and concludes with an overview of the development of late ancient epic and of the interface between the epic and the novel.Epic poetry, ClassicalHistory and criticismTheory, etcEpic poetry, ClassicalHistory and criticismHistory, Ancient, in literatureLiterature and historyGreeceLiterature and historyRomeMythology, Classical, in literatureNarration (Rhetoric)HistoryTo 1500Rhetoric, AncientEpic poetry, ClassicalHistory and criticismTheory, etc.Epic poetry, ClassicalHistory and criticism.History, Ancient, in literature.Literature and historyLiterature and historyMythology, Classical, in literature.Narration (Rhetoric)HistoryRhetoric, Ancient.883.0109883/.0109Toohey Peter1951-,609081MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783832103321Reading epic1494986UNINA