Stories from the mountains, stories from the sea
Subtitle: the digressions and similes of Oppian's Halieutica and the Cynegetica
By: Adam Nicholas Bartley.
Series: Hypomnemata,; Bd. 150; Hypomnemata ;; Heft 150.
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Göttingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Oppian, fl. 2nd cent.; Oppian, of Apamea.; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- To 1500.; Didactic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.; Epic poetry, Classical -- Appreciation -- Greece.; Mountains in literature.; Hunting in literature.; Fishing in literature.; Digression (Rhetoric); Sea in literature.; Intertextuality.; Simile.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-311) and indexes.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2001.