Studies in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-27950-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 380, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements / Mnemosyne, Supplements, Late Antique Literature

This first monograph in English on Colluthus situates this late antique author within his cultural context and offers a new appraisal of his hexameter poem The Abduction of Helen, the end-point of the pagan Greek epic tradition, which was composed in the Christianised Egyptian Thebaid. The book evaluates the poem’s connections with long-established and contemporary literary and artistic genres and with Neoplatonic philosophy, and analyzes the poet’s re-negotiation of traditional material to suit the expectations of a late fifth-century AD audience. It explores Colluthus' interpretation of the contemporary fascination with visuality, identifies new connections between Colluthus and Claudian, and shows how the author’s engagement with the poetry of Nonnus goes much further than previously shown.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cadau, Cosetta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Cosetta Cadau holds a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin (2014). She specializes in late antique poetry and is working on a number of projects in this area, including a new English translation of Colluthus’ Abduction of Helen.