Aspects of Ecphrastic Technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses by Elizabeth Norton

Aspects of Ecphrastic Technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses

Elizabeth Norton

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By first examining the origins of ecphrasis as a rhetorical trope, as well as its association with simile, the author provides an historical context on which to base a discussion of Ovid's own use of the device. Consideration is given to recent th...

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