The captor's image : Greek culture in Roman ecphrasis / Basil Dufallo.
| Author/creator | Dufallo, Basil |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013. |
| Description | 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Classical culture and society Classical culture and society. ^A602305 |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1.Staging Ecphrasis in Early Latin Literature: From Naevius to Plautus and Terence -- 2.Becoming Ariadne: Marveling at Peleus's Coverlet with the Inconsistent Narrator of Catullus 64 -- 3.The Challenge of Rustic Art: Ideals of Order in Vergil, Eclogues 3 and Horace, Satires 1.8 -- 4.Describing the Divine: The Ecphrastic Temples of Vergil, Georgics 3.13-36 and Propertius, Elegies 2.31 -- 5.Heroic Objects: Ecphrasis in the Aeneid and Metamorphoses -- 6.Sex, Satire, and the Hybrid Self in Petronian Ecphrasis -- 7.The Patron's Image: Philhellenism, Panegyric, and Ecphrasis in Statius and Martial. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-271) and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2012017753 |
| ISBN | 9780199735877 |
| ISBN | 0199735875 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PA6021 .D84 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |