"All the famous deeds of Achilles are yours": homeric exemplarity in late antique panegyric
Late antique panegyrists often raise up their laudandi by casting a shadow on Homer and his (mainly Iliadic) heroes. This paper traces the history of an increasingly irreverent attitude towards Greece’s foundational poet and his heroes within panegyric compositions and asks what motivates this flamb...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54581 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/54581 |