Tradition and innovation in the Silver Latin epic simile: a thematic study
The aim of the study is to analyse the technique of the Silver Latin epicists through an investigation of their extended similes. By examining how Lucan, Valerius Flaccus, Statius and Silius ltalious adapt traditional oomparison motifs, produce variations on a theme or improvise their own analogies,...
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Royal Holloway, University of London
1977
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.474153 |