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- Title
CHOERILUS OF SAMOS' LAMENT (SH 317) AND THE REVITALIZATION OF EPIC.
- Authors
MACFARLANE, KELLY A.
- Abstract
Choerilus of Samos' epic poem, Persica (SH), opens with a lament on the current state of poetry (SH 317). Scholars have misread this lament as a genuine expression of dismay on the part of a poet who is disillusioned with poetry and who thinks that the time for poetry has passed. Choerilus' lament is not sincere but rather a rhetorical device in which the poet draws attention to the problems found in contemporary poetry, problems which he then overcomes with his new style of poetry, namely, historical epic.
- Subjects
LAMENTS; EPIC literature; POETRY (Literary form); DISCONTENT; POETS
- Publication
American Journal of Philology, 2009, Vol 130, Issue 2, p219
- ISSN
0002-9475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ajp.0.0046