Erysichthon in Thessaly: Lament, False Stories, and Locality in Callimachus' Hymn to Demeter.

The article presents a literary criticism of the book "Hymn to Demeter" by Callimachus. Topics discussed include the character of Erysichthon in the book; the city of Thessaly, of which Erysichthon was the king; and the depiction of lexical allusion in the story. Also mentioned are the parallelism o...

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Publicado en:	Scripta Classica Israelica Vol. 35; pp. 35 - 58
Autor principal:	Skempis, Marios
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	Israeli Society for the Promotion of Classical Studies 2016
Materias:	Hymn to Demeter (Book) Callimachus, ca. 305 B.C.-ca. 240 B.C. Erysichthon (Greek mythology) Allusions Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological character) Greek literature > History & criticism
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Sumario:	The article presents a literary criticism of the book "Hymn to Demeter" by Callimachus. Topics discussed include the character of Erysichthon in the book; the city of Thessaly, of which Erysichthon was the king; and the depiction of lexical allusion in the story. Also mentioned are the parallelism of Erysichthon's story, the character of Odysseus, and the book "Odyssey" by Homer.