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12 Μαρ 2013 · The figure of ekphrasis in its variety of uses obviously exceeds such eroticization, but antiquity, at any rate, demonstrates its suggestiveness in the cases that we have explored throughout this essay.
A figure of speech (σχήμα λόγου) or rhetorical figure[1] is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. It can be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words.
The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise, [1] often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic. It is a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art , either real or imagined.
1 Απρ 2014 · This essay explores the intersections between ancient and modern notions of ecphrasis (defined by Imperial Greek rhetoricians as “a descriptive speech” that “brings the subject shown before the eyes with visual vividness”).
He demonstrates that Homer amplifies the feat of a successful warrior by providing a competitive orientation to sequences of similes used to describe battles. He also offers a new interpretation of Homer's extended similes as a means for the poet to imagine his characters as competitors for his attention.
In Part One I explore the major genres of ancient Greek literature: epic, history, drama, satire, lyric, and philosophy. I will profile some of the key issues and authors of each period, characterize the literature of each period, and sprinkle quotes through the whole. The book is meant to be useful for
In this book one of the world’s leading Hellenists brings together his many contributions over four decades to our understanding of major genres of Greek literature, above all the Greek novel, but also Attic Comedy, fifth-century historiography, and Hellenistic and Imperial Greek poetry.
