Empedoclean epic: how far can you go?

This paper attempts to take one step further the argument of P.R. Hardie’s 1995 article in Classical Quarterly, entitled ‘The Speech of Pythagoras in Ovid Metamorphoses 15: Empedoclean Epos’, by showing that Lucan can be fitted easily into a version of Latin literary history that privileges the pres...

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Main Author: D. P. Nelis
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Université Lille-3 2014-12-01
Series:Dictynna
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/1057
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description This paper attempts to take one step further the argument of P.R. Hardie’s 1995 article in Classical Quarterly, entitled ‘The Speech of Pythagoras in Ovid Metamorphoses 15: Empedoclean Epos’, by showing that Lucan can be fitted easily into a version of Latin literary history that privileges the presence of recurring Empedoclean influence.
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spelling doaj.art-fd1cd9ad674240fb8bab09065261c1f32022-12-21T22:08:20ZdeuUniversité Lille-3Dictynna1969-42022014-12-0111Empedoclean epic: how far can you go?D. P. NelisThis paper attempts to take one step further the argument of P.R. Hardie’s 1995 article in Classical Quarterly, entitled ‘The Speech of Pythagoras in Ovid Metamorphoses 15: Empedoclean Epos’, by showing that Lucan can be fitted easily into a version of Latin literary history that privileges the presence of recurring Empedoclean influence.http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/1057allusionEmpedoclesepic traditionintertextualityLucanreception.
spellingShingle D. P. Nelis
Empedoclean epic: how far can you go?
Dictynna
allusion
Empedocles
epic tradition
intertextuality
Lucan
reception.
title Empedoclean epic: how far can you go?
title_full Empedoclean epic: how far can you go?
title_fullStr Empedoclean epic: how far can you go?
title_full_unstemmed Empedoclean epic: how far can you go?
title_short Empedoclean epic: how far can you go?
title_sort empedoclean epic how far can you go
topic allusion
Empedocles
epic tradition
intertextuality
Lucan
reception.
url http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/1057
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