: Laura Miguélez-Cavero
: Triphiodorus, 'The Sack of Troy' A General Study and a Commentary
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110285307
: Texte und KommentareISSN
: 1
: CHF 159.80
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: Klassische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft
: English
: 547
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: PDF
< >This work offers an updated commentary of Triphiodorus’Sack of Troy, furnished with a thorough introduction. The reliable and long-lasting companion fills a gap in the scholarship on Imperial epic, giving a comprehensive approach to the poem for the benefit of researchers and other interested readers in search either of an updated and informed general study or a meticulous commentary on a certain passage.



< >Laura Miguélez-Cavero University of Salamanca, Spain.
I. Introduction13
1. Triphiodorus: Name, Origin, Date and Lost Works15
1.1 Name and Origin15
1.2 Dating16
1.3 Lost Works18
2. The Sack of Troy: An Overview21
2.1 General Design22
2.2 Enigmas26
2.3 Characterisation29
2.4 The Narrator39
2.5 Speeches47
3. Literary Universe: Triphiodorus and the Epic Tradition50
3.1 Triphiodorus and Homer50
3.2 Triphiodorus and the Cycle?64
3.3 Hesiod and Pindar68
3.4 Tragic Triphiodorus70
3.5 Triphiodorus’ Hellenistic Reading73
3.6 Triphiodorus and Virgil?76
3.7 Triphiodorus and Imperial Literature83
3.8 Triphiodorus and the Contemporary Literary Scene87
4. Metrics100
5. Reading the Sack of Troy103
II. Greek Text105
III. Commentary129
IV. Bibliography491
V. Indexes513