The Demotion of the Literary Cowherd
Longus promotes an αἰπόλος (‘goatherd’) to bear the privileged name Daphnis, transferring his canonical role of βουκόλος (‘cowherd’) to other herdsmen—easily done, since all play the syrinx. But Longus’ Daphnis does not inherit the Theocritean αἰπόλος’ gift of mellifluous song: whereas Chloe does si...
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| I publikationen: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/aitia, |
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| Materialtyp: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Språk: | Anglais |
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Aitia. Regards sur la culture hellénistique au XXIe siècle
2020
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| Länkar: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |