The Epic Journey in Greek and Roman Literature
The Epic Journey in Greek and Roman Literature [electronic resource].
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- 1 online resource (344 p.).
- Yale Classical Studies ; v.39 .
- Yale classical studies. .
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; From the Editors; Jessica Blum; Thomas Biggs; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I Odyssean Journeys; Introduction; Chapter 2 In and Out of the Golden Age: A Hesiodic Reading of the Odyssey; Chapter 3 Pompe in the Odyssey; 3.1 The Nature of Pompe; 3.2 Minor Cases of Pompe; 3.3 The Pompe of Odysseus and the Program of the Poem; 3.4 Odysseus' Failed Cases of Pompe; 3.5 Successful Pompe from Alkino�os; 3.6 Conclusion Chapter 4 ''What Country, Friends, is This?'' Geography and Exemplarity in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica4.1 Roman Nostos; 4.2 Home and Homer; 4.3 Genre and the Journey; 4.4 Into the Wild: Genre and Geography; 4.5 In Hercules' Wake; 4.6 Conclusion; Part II Gendered Maps; Introduction; Chapter 5 Wandering, Love, and Home in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica and Heliodorus' Aethiopica; Chapter 6 Heroes and Homemakers in Xenophon; 6.1 Xenophon's Conception of Home; 6.2 Home as Survival; 6.3 Home Makers; 6.4 Home in Anabasis; Chapter 7 Women's Travels in the Aeneid Part III Rome's Journey: Constructions of Rome through TravelIntroduction; Chapter 8 Epic Journeys on an Urban Scale: Movement and Travel in Vergil's Aeneid; 8.1 Horizontal Movement: Wandering, Rushing, and their Opposites; 8.2 Vertical Movement: Collapse, Resurgence, and Hilltop Views; 8.3 Conclusion: Augustan Movement; Chapter 9 Roman and Carthaginian Journeys: Punic Pietas in Naevius' Bellum Punicum and Plautus' Poenulus; 9.1 Naevius, Anchises, and the Pre-Vergilian Pia Dido; 9.2 Plautus' Pius Poenulus; Chapter 10 Defining Home, Defining Rome: Germanicus' Eastern Tour 10.1 Home Away from Home10.2 What is Wrong with this Picture?; 10.3 Neither Home nor Rome; Chapter 11 Odyssean Wanderings and Greek Responses to Roman Empire; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Odysseus in the Late Hellenistic West; 11.3 Odysseus in the Empire: Rome-Comings and Returns; 11.4 Odysseus as Emperor; 11.5 Conclusion; Part IV Unearthly Journeys; Introduction; Chapter 12 From Rome to the Moon: Rutilius Namatianus and the Late Antique Game of Knowledge; 12.1; 12.2; 12.3; 12.4; Chapter 13 Looking Back in Wonder: Contemplating Home from the Iliad to Pale Blue Dot 13.1 Lucian, Icaromenippus, and the Ancient Gaiaskopic Tradition13.2 Modern Gaiaskopic Tradition: The First Wave, 1966-1972; Color Plate; 13.3 Second-Wave Gaiaskopiai: Pale Blue Dot and The Day the Earth Smiled; 13.4 Conclusion; References; Index Locorum; General Index
From Homer to the moon, this volume explores the epic journey across space and time in the ancient world.
1108572952 9781108572958
Travel in literature.
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Latin literature--History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
Electronic books.
PA3015.T7 / E75 2019eb
880.9/32
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgments; From the Editors; Jessica Blum; Thomas Biggs; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I Odyssean Journeys; Introduction; Chapter 2 In and Out of the Golden Age: A Hesiodic Reading of the Odyssey; Chapter 3 Pompe in the Odyssey; 3.1 The Nature of Pompe; 3.2 Minor Cases of Pompe; 3.3 The Pompe of Odysseus and the Program of the Poem; 3.4 Odysseus' Failed Cases of Pompe; 3.5 Successful Pompe from Alkino�os; 3.6 Conclusion Chapter 4 ''What Country, Friends, is This?'' Geography and Exemplarity in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica4.1 Roman Nostos; 4.2 Home and Homer; 4.3 Genre and the Journey; 4.4 Into the Wild: Genre and Geography; 4.5 In Hercules' Wake; 4.6 Conclusion; Part II Gendered Maps; Introduction; Chapter 5 Wandering, Love, and Home in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica and Heliodorus' Aethiopica; Chapter 6 Heroes and Homemakers in Xenophon; 6.1 Xenophon's Conception of Home; 6.2 Home as Survival; 6.3 Home Makers; 6.4 Home in Anabasis; Chapter 7 Women's Travels in the Aeneid Part III Rome's Journey: Constructions of Rome through TravelIntroduction; Chapter 8 Epic Journeys on an Urban Scale: Movement and Travel in Vergil's Aeneid; 8.1 Horizontal Movement: Wandering, Rushing, and their Opposites; 8.2 Vertical Movement: Collapse, Resurgence, and Hilltop Views; 8.3 Conclusion: Augustan Movement; Chapter 9 Roman and Carthaginian Journeys: Punic Pietas in Naevius' Bellum Punicum and Plautus' Poenulus; 9.1 Naevius, Anchises, and the Pre-Vergilian Pia Dido; 9.2 Plautus' Pius Poenulus; Chapter 10 Defining Home, Defining Rome: Germanicus' Eastern Tour 10.1 Home Away from Home10.2 What is Wrong with this Picture?; 10.3 Neither Home nor Rome; Chapter 11 Odyssean Wanderings and Greek Responses to Roman Empire; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Odysseus in the Late Hellenistic West; 11.3 Odysseus in the Empire: Rome-Comings and Returns; 11.4 Odysseus as Emperor; 11.5 Conclusion; Part IV Unearthly Journeys; Introduction; Chapter 12 From Rome to the Moon: Rutilius Namatianus and the Late Antique Game of Knowledge; 12.1; 12.2; 12.3; 12.4; Chapter 13 Looking Back in Wonder: Contemplating Home from the Iliad to Pale Blue Dot 13.1 Lucian, Icaromenippus, and the Ancient Gaiaskopic Tradition13.2 Modern Gaiaskopic Tradition: The First Wave, 1966-1972; Color Plate; 13.3 Second-Wave Gaiaskopiai: Pale Blue Dot and The Day the Earth Smiled; 13.4 Conclusion; References; Index Locorum; General Index
From Homer to the moon, this volume explores the epic journey across space and time in the ancient world.
1108572952 9781108572958
Travel in literature.
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Latin literature--History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
Electronic books.
PA3015.T7 / E75 2019eb
880.9/32