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The Portrait Of Homer In Strabo's Geography, Lawrence Kim
The Portrait Of Homer In Strabo's Geography, Lawrence Kim
Lawrence Kim
Strabo’s Geography, as anyone who has perused it will know, is suffused with a profound, nearly obsessive, interest in Homer. The desire to demonstrate Homer’s knowledge of geographical information at every turn (even where it seems prima facie unlikely) is matched only by the determination with which Strabo “solves” notorious problems of Homeric geography such as the location of Nestor’s Pylos or the identity of the “Ethiopians divided in twain” visited by Poseidon. Strabo’s concentration on such arcana, often to the exclusion of more properly “geographical” material, has understandably exasperated many modern readers with different ideas about what constitutes …
Poetry, Extravagance, And The Invention Of The 'Archaic' In Plutarch's De Pythiae Oraculis, Lawrence Kim
Poetry, Extravagance, And The Invention Of The 'Archaic' In Plutarch's De Pythiae Oraculis, Lawrence Kim
Lawrence Kim
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Mourning Lions And Penelope’S Revenge, Corinne Pache
Mourning Lions And Penelope’S Revenge, Corinne Pache
Corinne Pache
This paper focuses on the simile comparing Penelope to a lion encircled by men in Odyssey 4.791–94. Lion similes in Homeric poetry typically depict warriors in combat situations and so the description of Penelope as a trapped predator facing battle is surprising. The encircled beast of the simile is in a dangerous situation, but the lion’s plight is left unresolved as Penelope falls asleep. Many critics note the connection between Penelope the lion and Odysseus, who is compared to the same animal on five occasions in the poem, most notably in Books 22 and 23 after he slaughters the suitors. …
Homer, Pietas, And The Cycle Of Duels In Aeneid 10 And 12, Randall Colaizzi
Homer, Pietas, And The Cycle Of Duels In Aeneid 10 And 12, Randall Colaizzi
Randall Colaizzi
Readers who encounter the Aeneid today often face an abridgement meant to fit the demands of a college literature survey: Troy, anderings, Dido, the Underworld-the exotic Odyssean Aeneid of the first six books. The poem's second half, if read at all, might offer only scenes from book 8 (etiology and shield), Nisus and Euryalus from book 9, sometimes Camilla in book 11, Turnus's death at the end of the poem. But since the first cut in such selections usually includes most of the warfare, Vergil's subtlety (and difficulty) can be misunderstood, especially if the poem's close is to be considered. …