Epic and Epigram—Minor Heroes in Virgil’s Aeneid

Dinter's aim is to raise a voice on behalf of the ostensibly unimportant. He shows in detail how Virgil's minor heroes as an epigrammatic force with an inherent epitaghic gesture shape Latin epic.

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Classical quarterly 2005-05, Vol.55 (1), p.153-169
Main Author: Dinter, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classical literature
Epigrams
Epitaphs
Gestures
Greco-Roman antiquity
Heroes
Heroism & heroes
Historical studies (History of philosophy. History of ideas)
Homeric epics
Latin language
Latin literature
Literary criticism
Narrative poetry
Pastoral poetry
Pastoralism
Philosophy
Poetics
Poetry
Virgil (70-19 BC)
Writers
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Summary:Dinter's aim is to raise a voice on behalf of the ostensibly unimportant. He shows in detail how Virgil's minor heroes as an epigrammatic force with an inherent epitaghic gesture shape Latin epic.
ISSN:0009-8388
1471-6844
DOI:10.1093/cq/bmi011