'Exemplary Traits' examines how Roman poets used models dynamically to create character, and how their referential approach to character reveals them mobilizing the literary tradition.
'Exemplary Traits' examines how Roman poets used models dynamically to create character, and how their referential approach to character reveals them mobilizing the literary tradition.
How did Roman poets create character? The mythological figures that dot the landscape of Roman poetry entail their own predetermined plotlines and received characteristics: the idea of a gentle, maternal Medea is as absurd as a spineless and weak Achilles. For Roman poets, the p…
How did Roman poets create character? The mythological figures that dot the landscape of Roman poetry entail their own predetermined plotlines and received characteristics: the idea of a gentle, maternal Medea is as absurd as a spineless and weak Achilles. For Roman poets, the p…