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Subject(s)

• Epic poetry, Classical—History and criticism [Browse]

Series

Routledge revivals [More in this series]

Summary note

Published in 1931: The Epyllion From Theocritus to Ovid discusses Greek Epics along with extracts of Poems.

Notes

"Thesis approved for the Degree of Doctor of Literature in the University of London."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introductory 2. The Greek and Latin Epyllia 3. The Epic Idyll. Theocritus, Moschus and Bion 4. The Hecale of Callimachus 5. Euphorion of Chalcis and Parthenius of Nicacea 6. Catullus and His School 7. The Culex 8. The Ciris and The School of Cornelius 9. The Aristaeus of Vergil 10. The Metamorphoses of Ovid 1. The Construction of The Poem 11. The Metamorphoses of Ovid 2. The Ovidian Epyllion 12. Epyllion and Grand Epic.

Other format(s)

Also available in print format.

ISBN

• 9780429201424 ((electronic bk.))
• 0429201427 ((electronic bk.))
• 9780429574702 ((electronic bk.))
• 0429574703 ((electronic bk.))

OCLC

1089782690

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