This book explores Callimachus' allusive practice in his "Aetia prologue and "Hymns 4, 5, and 6, and in Ovid's "Metamorphoses. The study includes an overview of modern approaches to poetic allusion, a close (re- )examination of the lexical allusions in the "Aetia's and "Metamorp…
"This book explores Callimachus' allusive practice in his Aetia prologue and Hymns 4, 5, and 6, and in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The study includes an overview of modern approaches to poetic allusion, a close (re- ) examination of the lexical allusions in the Aetia's and Metamorphos…
This study of Callimachus' and Ovid's allusive practice offers a unique view of the application of one theory of allusion (based upon that of Conte, but subsequently expanded upon) to a Greek and Latin poet.
