Output details
31 - Classics
University of Oxford
Output title
A commentary on the Theban epics of the Epic Cycle
Type
U - Working paper
Platform
The Center for Hellenic Studies
Year of publication
2013
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
The Theban Epics is the first part of a multi-volume commentary (at least 4 volumes in total) on the surviving fragments of early Greek epic. It contains totally new and original research: on literature (a commentary proper on the fragments themselves) but also on various artefacts (especially vase paintings) which have been supposed to reflect the largely lost epics, by depicting scenes from them. The fragments are exhaustively investigated from every relevant angle, especially stylistic and linguistic. The whole multi-volume has taken over twenty years to write and then revise. The first part is c. sixty thousand words.
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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