‘Come una montagna in movimento’. A proposito di una comparazione omerica

In Iliad xiii 754-55, Hector is compared, as he runs forward with a shout, to a mountain covered with snow. This simile was celebrated by the scholia and by Eustathius, but has been criticised by most modern scholars. In this paper this negative opinions are examined taking into account not only anc...

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Autor: Pòrtulas, Jaume
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2072/521641
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/2072/521641
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Homer
Poesia èpica grega -- Història i crítica
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Resumo:In Iliad xiii 754-55, Hector is compared, as he runs forward with a shout, to a mountain covered with snow. This simile was celebrated by the scholia and by Eustathius, but has been criticised by most modern scholars. In this paper this negative opinions are examined taking into account not only ancient and modern scholarship, but also intertextual reflections by poets like Virgil and Milton, as well as evaluations by ‘classical’ commentators such as Madame Dacier and Alexander Pope.