The Violence of boukolēsis in the Literature of Roman Greece
The boukolos or ‘cowherd’ is a familiar feature on the landscape of Roman Greek imaginative literature, but whereas in earlier texts he is a fundamentally benign figure, in imperial culture he usually plays an aggressive, threatening role, particularly in erotic discourse. In this article I aim firs...
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| Language: | English |
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ENS Éditions
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Aitia |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/3700 |