LYKOPHRON AND EPIGRAPHY: THE VALUE AND FUNCTION OF CULT EPITHETS IN THE ALEXANDRA.

The subject of this paper is a striking and unavoidable feature of the Alexandra: Lykophron's habit of referring to single gods not by their usual names, but by multiple lists of epithets piled up in asyndeton. This phenomenon first occurs early in the 1474-line poem, and this occurrence will serve...

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Publicado en:	Classical Quarterly Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 91 - 121
Autor principal:	Hornblower, Simon
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press May2014
Materias:	Epithets Greek poetry Literary criticism Alexandra (Poem) Epigraphs (Literature) Inscriptions
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