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...

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Published in:	Mnemosyne Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 259 - 274
Main Author:	Walker, Guy
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 2021
Subjects:	Irony Theocritus, fl. 3rd century B.C. Epithalamia Love poetry Cults
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost