Ancient Greek ekphrasis : between description and narration ; five linguistic and narratological case studies /

Ancient Greek ekphrasis : between description and narration ; five linguistic and narratological case studies /

In Ancient Greek Ekphrasis: Between Description and Narration Niels Koopman offers a thorough linguistic and narratological analysis of five canonical ancient Greek ekphraseis from the archaic to the Hellenistic period: Achilles' shield in Homer's Iliad (18.478-608), Heracles' shield...

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Main Author: Koopman, Niels.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology 26.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353282.

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Ekphrasis.
Greek literature > History and criticism.

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Call Number: PA3059

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Summary:In Ancient Greek Ekphrasis: Between Description and Narration Niels Koopman offers a thorough linguistic and narratological analysis of five canonical ancient Greek ekphraseis from the archaic to the Hellenistic period: Achilles' shield in Homer's Iliad (18.478-608), Heracles' shield in pseudo-Hesiod's Shield (139-320), the goatherd's cup in Theocritus' first Idyll (27-60), Jason's cloak in Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica (1.721-68) and Europa's basket in Moschus' Europa (37-62). Ekphrasis, as the verbal representation of visual representation, is both text and image, which makes it a complex yet fascinating phenomenon. By investigating its descriptive and narrative properties, this study sheds light on the interplay between text and image at work in ekphrasis.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004375130
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