The captor's image Greek culture in Roman ecphrasis
The first book-length treatment of artistic ecphrasis at Rome, 'The Captor's Image' resituates a major literary trope deep within its hybrid cultural context, and argues for ecphrasis as a cultural practice through which the Romans sought, over some four hundred years of their history...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2013, c2013
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Series: | Classical culture and society / Classical culture and society
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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- Includes bibliographical references and index