Ecphrastic shields in Graeco-Roman literature : the world's forge /

This volume takes a fresh look at ekphrasis as a textual practice closely connected to our embodied imagination and its verbal dimension. It offers the first detailed study of a large family of ancient ecphrastic shields, often studied separately, but never as an ensemble with its own development. T...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Thein, Karel, 1961- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, [2022].
Series:	Image, text and culture in classical antiquity.
Subjects:	Shields in literature. Ekphrasis. Classical literature > History and criticism.