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The Stories of Similes in Greek and Roman Epic

The Stories of Similes in Greek and Roman Epic

by Deborah Beck
Hardback
Publication Date: 20/07/2023
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Just as the story of an epic poem is woven from characters and plot, so too the individual similes within an epic create a unique simile world. Like any other story, it is peopled by individual characters, happenings, and experiences, such as the shepherd and his flocks, a storm at sea, or predators hunting prey. The simile world that complements the epic mythological story is re-imagined afresh in relation to the themes of each epic poem. As Deborah Beck argues in this stimulating book, over time a simile world takes shape across many poems composed over many centuries. This evolving landscape resembles the epic story world of battles, voyages, and heroes that comes into being through relationships among different epic poems. Epic narrative is woven from a warp of the mythological story world and a weft of the simile world. They are partners in creating the fabric of epic poetry.
ISBN:
9781108481793
9781108481793
Category:
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
20-07-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Deborah Beck

Deborah Beck is an artist and author who has been a finalist in the Dobell prize for Drawing, the Sulman Prize and the Blake prize for drawing.

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