Visualizing the impossible: the wandering landscape in the Delos Hymn of Callimachus
The Delos Hymn of Callimachus presents one of antiquity’s most astonishing descriptions of personified landscape. This article addresses two aspects of Callimachus’ almost surrealistic representation. First, I look in some detail at conventions and concepts from earli...
Main Author: | Jacqueline Klooster |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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ENS Éditions
2012-07-01
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Series: | Aitia |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/420 |
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