Epic Apostrophe from Homer to Nonnus.

This contribution explores the use of apostrophe (address by the narrator to the heroic figures) in Nonnus' Dionysiaca. Nonnus inherits the use of this device from his epic predecessors: the emotional force of apostrophe is present in Homer; apostrophe as a marker of intertextual engagement with oth...

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Published in:	Symbolae Osloenses Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 37 - 58
Main Author:	Schmitz, Thomas A.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2019
Subjects:	Homer, fl. ca. 900 B.C.-ca. 801 B.C. Apollonius, Rhodius Hymns Poetry (Literary form) Narrators Dialogue
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