Description: Reconstructing the Epic : Cross-Readings of the Trojan Myth in Hellenistic Poetry, Paperback by Sistakou, Evina, ISBN 904292117X, ISBN-13 9789042921177, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Trojan war inspired a multifaceted mythological tradition which evolved through a variety of artistic devices - oral and written poetry, prose, iconography. In the open system of Trojan war narratives, Homer represents the dominant line, while the cyclic, lyric and tragic poets offer a host of alternative versions. Reconstructing the Epic builds on the premise that the reception of the Trojan myth by the Hellenistic avant-garde reflects their aesthetic and ideological distancing from the elevated genres of the past, particularly the epic. Th monitors the various stages of this modernistic reaction to the literary tradition: the avoidance of the Trojan muthos as narrated in the Homeric epics; the rewriting of the Trojan stories which derive from the Epic Cycle, lyric and dramatic poetry; the incorporation of Trojan episodes into idylls, elegies and epyllia; and the working out of a new Trojan myth recounting, among other things, how the archetypal war hero, Achilles, is eventually transformed into an ardent lover.
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Book Title: Reconstructing the Epic : Cross-Readings of the Trojan Myth in He
Number of Pages: 210 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Reconstructing the Epic : Cross-Readings of the Trojan Myth in Hellenistic Poetry
Publisher: Peeters Publishers & Booksellers
Subject: Ancient / General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology, Poetry, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.9 Oz
Author: E. Sistakou
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science, History
Series: Hellenistica Groningana Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
