studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan /
First Statement of Responsibility
James J. O'Hara.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 165 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Roman literature and its contexts
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-158) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Greek versions -- Catullus 64 : variants and the virtues of heroes -- Death, inconsistency, and the Epicurean poet -- Voices, variants, and inconsistency in the Aeneid -- Inconsistency and authority in Ovid's Metamorphoses -- Postscript : Lucan's Bellum Civile and the inconsistent Roman epic.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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How should we react as readers and as critics when two passages in a literary work contradict one another? Classicists once assumed that all inconsistencies in ancient texts needed to be emended, explained away, or lamented. Building on recent work on both Greek and Roman authors, this book explores the possibility of interpreting inconsistencies in Roman epic.