Echoing Hylas by Mark Heerink

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Argues that the story of Hylas - a famous episode of the Argonauts’ voyage - was used by poets throughout classical antiquity to reflect symbolically on the position of their poetry in the literary tradition. Certain elements of the story, including the characters of Hylas and Hercules themselves, functioned as metaphors of the art of poetry.

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Echoing Hylas by Mark Heerink

Argues that the story of Hylas - a famous episode of the Argonauts voyage - was used by poets throughout classical antiquity to reflect symbolically on the position of their poetry in the literary tradition. Certain elements of the story, including the characters of Hylas and Hercules themselves, functioned as metaphors of the art of poetry.
Mark Heerink is an associate professor in Latin literature at the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam. He is the author of Brill’s Companion to Valerius Flaccus.
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ISBN 13 9780299305406
ISBN 10 0299305406
Title Echoing Hylas
Author Mark Heerink
Series Wisconsin Studies In Classics
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Year published 2015-12-30
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.