The shield of Achilles and the poetics of ekphrasis
By: Andrew Sprague Becker.
Series: Greek studies : interdisciplinary approaches; Greek studies.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Homer.; Homer -- Technique.; Description (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500.; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.; Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature.; Art and literature -- Greece -- History.; Trojan War -- Literature and the war.; Poetics -- History -- To 1500.; Shields in literature.; Rhetoric, Ancient.; Ekphrasis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.