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Echoing Hylas: A Study in Hellenistic and Roman Metapoetics (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
Mark Heerink
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Hardcover. Argues that the story of Hylas - a famous episode of the Argonauts' voyage - was used by poets throughout classical antiquity to reflect symbolically on the position of their poetry in the literary tradition. Certain elements of the story, including the characters of Hylas and Hercules themselves, functioned as metaphors of the art of poetry. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
During a stopover of the Argo in Mysia, the boy Hylas sets out to fetch water for his companion Hercules. Wandering into the woods, he arrives at a secluded spring, inhabited by nymphs who fall in love with him and pull him into the water. Mad with worry, Hercules stays in Mysia to look for the boy, but he will never find him again . . .
In Echoing Hylas, Mark Heerink argues that the story of Hylas—a famous episode of the Argonauts’ voyage—was used by poets throughout classical antiquity to reflect symbolically on the position of their poetry ... Read more
During a stopover of the Argo in Mysia, the boy Hylas sets out to fetch water for his companion Hercules. Wandering into the woods, he arrives at a secluded spring, inhabited by nymphs who fall in love with him and pull him into the water. Mad with worry, Hercules stays in Mysia to look for the boy, but he will never find him again . . .
In Echoing Hylas, Mark Heerink argues that the story of Hylas—a famous episode of the Argonauts’ voyage—was used by poets throughout classical antiquity to reflect symbolically on the position of their poetry ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in Classics
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299305406
SKU
V9780299305406
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About Mark Heerink
Mark Heerink is an associate professor in Latin literature at the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam. He is the author of Brill’s Companion to Valerius Flaccus.
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