Επύλλιο

• Main Authors: Spanoudakis, Konstantinos, Karvouni, Aikaterini-Nina, Litinas, Nikos, Σπανουδάκης, Κωνσταντίνος, Καρβούνη, Αικατερίνη-Νίνα, Λίτινας, Νίκος
• Format: 7
• Language: Greek
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΙΗΣΗ; ΠΡΩΙΜΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΙΗΣΗ; ΑΡΧΑΙΟ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΕΠΟΣ; ΒΙΒΛΙΚΟ ΕΠΟΣ; ΥΣΤΕΡΗ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑ; Greek Poetry; Early Christian Epic; Greek Epic; Late Antiquity

The fifth chapter of the book deal with the epyllion, the small-scaled epic, which flourished in Late Antiquity. Texts from Triphiodorus The Capture of Troy and Musaeus Hero and Leander are excerpted and provided with a detailed commentary. Abundant visual material is provided from Late Antiquity an...