LAMPON'S EPISODE IN XENOPHON'S EPHESIACA: THE REFORMULATION OF A GOATHERD.

The article examines the figure of Lampon, an uncharacteristic goatherd appearing in a folk-tale-like story in Xenophon's Ephesiaca 2.9-12. It has long been recognized by critics that the circumstances of the Euripidean Electra are recalled in the episode under discussion. Comparisons are made with...

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Published in:	Symbolae Osloenses Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 164 - 180
Main Author:	Plastira-Valkanou, Maria
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd 2016
Subjects:	Ephesiaca (Book) Xenophon, of Ephesus, fl. 2nd century Stereotypes Greek ethics Greek literature > History & criticism
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