Odysseus the Roman: imperial temporality and the Posthomerica
This chapter offers a reformulation of the quaestio Latina for Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica, centred on the contentious issue of the poem’s level of engagement with Vergil’s Aeneid. Using a re-reading of two key passages of potential Vergilian intertextuality — Calchas’ prophecy about the future...
Main Author: | Greensmith, EM |
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Other Authors: | Carvounus, K |
Format: | Book section |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022
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