The stories of similes in Greek and Roman epic /

Just as the story of an epic poem is woven from characters and plot, so too the individual similes within an epic create a unique simile world. Like any other story, it is peopled by individual characters, happenings and experiences, such as the shepherd and his flocks, a storm at sea or predators h...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Beck, Deborah (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Epic poetry, Classical > History and criticism. Simile in literature.