The development of the epyllion genre through the Hellenistic and Roman periods

Author(s)

• Merriam, Carol U.

Bibliographic Information

The development of the epyllion genre through the Hellenistic and Roman periods

Carol U. Merriam

（Studies in classics, v. 14）

Edwin Mellen, c2001

Note

Bibliogarphy: p. 163-169

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The epyllion as a genre was developed in the Hellenistic period (and continued into Roman times) in order to show what else was happening while traditional heroic stories, always narrated in epics with particular conventions, were happening. The epyllion challenges these conventions in ways that make it a genre in its own right. This study examines its development through the Hellenistic and Roman periods, focusing on unheroic and female characters.

Table of Contents

Preface by R.S.Kilpatrick vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Alcmena's Story (Theocritus, Idyll 24) 25 Chapter 2: Europa's Adventure (Moschus' Europa) 51 Chapter 3: Culmination of the Form (Catullus 64) 75 Chapter 4: The Final Stages (The Latin Epyllion) 127 Conclusion 159 Bibliography 163 Index of passages cited 171 General index 179

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA59712957
• ISBN:
  • 077347532X
• LCCN: 00050097
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lewiston, NY
• Pages/Volumes: x, 182 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA3022.E6
  • DC21 : 880/.09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Epic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Greek poetry, Hellenistic -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Literary form
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA38846183