Echoing Hylas: A Study in Hellenistic and Roman Metapoetics - Wisconsin Studies in Classics - Mark Heerink - Books - University of Wisconsin Press - 9780299305406 - December 15, 2015
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Echoing Hylas: A Study in Hellenistic and Roman Metapoetics - Wisconsin Studies in Classics

Mark Heerink

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Echoing Hylas: A Study in Hellenistic and Roman Metapoetics - Wisconsin Studies in Classics

Argues that the story of Hylas - a famous episode of the Argonauts' voyage - was used by poets throughout classical antiquity to reflect symbolically on the position of their poetry in the literary tradition. Certain elements of the story, including the characters of Hylas and Hercules themselves, functioned as metaphors of the art of poetry.


208 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 15, 2015
ISBN13 9780299305406
Publishers University of Wisconsin Press
Pages 208
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 20 mm   ·   498 g