Ecphrastic shields in Graeco-Roman literature : the world's forge /: the world's forge. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karel Thein.
• Authors: Thein, Karel, 1961-
• Contents: Introduction 1. Limits of defi nition: from progymnasmata to the ecphrastic life at large 2. The shield of Achilles: between the body and the universe 3. The shield of Heracles: the monstrous and the civilized 4. The shield of Aeneas: touching the mental image 5. Other voices, other shields: the ecphrastic life mutating Conclusion: ekphrasis in the expanded field
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 880.09; Shields in literature; Ekphrasis; Classical literature -- History and criticism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000457414; 9781000457391; 9781003154051
• Related ISBNs: 9780367722548
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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