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L'apertura

Abstract:

The act of opening a box, door, etc. was important to ancient practical life; poetry exploits it forcefully, and with rich psychological and theological significance. Spring is often connected with opening (so Alcaeus, Pindar, Ovid). Scenes of opening, and not opening, are important in the Odyssey and Parmenides, in drama (Agamemnon, Ajax, Medea, Heracles, Ion, Clouds, Ecclesiazusae, Curculio), in Hellenistic poetry (Apollonius, Theocritus, Grenfell Fragment), and in Roman poetry (Odes, Amore...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Sub department:
Classical Languages & Lit
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-3306-1673
Publisher:
Edizioni Tored
Journal:
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Volume:
16
Pages:
205-221
Publication date:
2021-02-01
Acceptance date:
2020-09-02
ISSN:
2284-2497
ISBN:
9788899846527
Language:
Italian
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Pubs id:
1130213
Local pid:
pubs:1130213
Deposit date:
2020-09-04

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