Irony and Metapoetics in Theocritus' Idyll 18.
Although scholarship has identified multiple ironic elements throughout Theocritus' Idyll 18, his epithalamium for Helen, this paper offers a new perspective on Theocritus' ambiguity, his allusive puns, and his ironic comparisons that masquerade as generic hymeneal topoi. Additionally, the embedded...
| Publicado en: | Mnemosyne Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 259 - 274 |
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