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Studies in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen
- Title
- Studies in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen / by Cosetta Cadau.
- Author
- Cadau, Cosetta
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- vi, 324 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This first monograph in English on Colluthus situates this late antique author within his cultural context and offers a new appraisal of his hexameter poem The Abduction of Helen, the end-point of the pagan Greek epic tradition, which was composed in the Christianised Egyptian Thebaid. The book evaluates the poem's connections with long-established and contemporary literary and artistic genres and with Neoplatonic philosophy, and analyzes the poet's re-negotiation of traditional material to suit the expectations of a late fifth-century AD audience. It explores Colluthus' interpretation of the contemporary fascination with visuality, identifies new connections between Colluthus and Claudian, and shows how the author's engagement with the poetry of Nonnus goes much further than previously shown"--
- Series Statement
- Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 380
- Uniform Title
- Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 380.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and indexes.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-3873
- ISBN
- 9789004279506
- 9004279504
- 9789004289598 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015005126
- OCLC
- 900685726
- Author
- Cadau, Cosetta, author.
- Title
- Studies in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen / by Cosetta Cadau.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 380Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 380.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-3873