E-Book, Englisch, Band 70, 202 Seiten
Andolfi Acusilaus of Argos’ Rhapsody in Prose
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-11-061860-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Introduction, Text, and Commentary
E-Book, Englisch, Band 70, 202 Seiten
Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary VolumesISSN
ISBN: 978-3-11-061860-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This volume is a full-scale commentary on the extant fragments of Acusilaus of Argos, commonly regarded as one of the earliest Greek mythographers (VI-V cent. BCE). To encapsulate his contribution to archaic literature, his book on Genealogies is described as a "Rhapsody in Prose", that foregrounds especially the exegetical nature of his book, which rewrote the most ancient past on the basis of the most authoritative epic poems.
Zielgruppe
For all those interested in early Greek mythography, epic and his