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  Epic Succession and Dissension: Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.623-14.582, and the Reinvention of the Aeneid (Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte) (Hardback) By (author) Sophia Papaioannou

  

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  Short Description for Epic Succession and Dissension This is a direct literary adaptation of Virgil's Aeneid. The present study demonstrates how, in less than one thousand lines, Ovid revisits the epic world of Aeneas and subjects it to a reading that is a paradigm of critical analysis, a statement of originality, and a powerful claim to the epic heritage and Virgilian succession.
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  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter & Co
  • Published: 30 March 2005
  • Format: Hardback 230 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
  • ISBN 13: 9783110183269 ISBN 10: 3110183269

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Full description for Epic Succession and Dissension

• This is the first direct literary adaptation of Vergil's Aeneid. The present study demonstrates how, in less than one thousand lines, Ovid revisits the epic world of Aeneas and subjects it to a reading that is a paradigm of critical analysis, a statement of originality, and a powerful claim to the epic heritage and Vergilian succession.