Epic ambition: hercules and the politics of emulation in valerius flaccus' argonautica
Auteur :
Blum-Sorensen, Jessica
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299344603
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
272 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
By the time the Roman poet Valerius Flaccus wrote in the first century CE, the tale of Jason and his famous ship had been retold so often it was a byword for poetic banality. Why, then, did Valerius construct his epic Argonautica? Jessica Blum-Sorensen argues that it was precisely the myth’s overplayed nature that appealed to Valerius.