Christodoros on the Statues of the Zeuxippos Baths: A New Reading of the <i>Ekphrasis</i>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Stressing that the statues require explication, the poet emphasizes Homeric themes and the Roman origins of Byzantium; his themes and inventions compromise modern attempts to reconstruct the collection.</span>
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Duke University
2010-11-01
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| Series: | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| Online Access: | http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/721 |
| Summary: | <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Stressing that the statues require explication, the poet emphasizes Homeric themes and the Roman origins of Byzantium; his themes and inventions compromise modern attempts to reconstruct the collection.</span> |
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| ISSN: | 0017-3916 2159-3159 |