Leyla Ozbek
Biographic Data
| ID | 5645152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leyla Ozbek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leyla |
| FAMILY NAME | Ozbek |
| SIGNATURE | OZBEK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Scuola Normale Superiore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
Reshaping the Nature of Heroes
In the second part of Book & of Quintus’ Posthomerica, Odysseus and Diomedes must momentarily abandon the battlefield and travel to the island of Lemnos in order to bring Philoctetes to Troy. During the Achaean fleet’s initial voyage towards Troy, the hero is famously abandoned on Lemnos after having been bitten by a snake. As the myth narrates, Philoctetes, an exceptional archer, is the rightful possessor of the bow of He acles, which the hero d…
Quintus of Smyrna’s 'Posthomerica
This collection offers a new collaborative reading of Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica: one of the most important Greek epics written at the height of the Roman Empire. Building on the surge of interest in imperial Greek poetry seen in the past decades, this book applies new approaches - literary, theoretical and historical - to ask new questions about this mysterious, challenging poet and to re-evaluate his role in the cultural history of his tim…
Skēptron in Sophocles’ Oedipvs Rex
In Sophocles’ Oedipus Coloneus , after laying hands on Antigone and Ismene, Creon ridicules Oedipus by saying these words ( OC 848–9): οὔκουν ποτ’ ἐκ τούτοιν γε μὴ σκήπτροιν ἔτι ὁδοιπορήσῃς. Then you shall never more walk with the aid of these two props! It is possible that Creon is here alluding to Oedipus’ actual appearance throughout the play. As far as we know, Oedipus comes on stage with no walking stick, and uses Antigone and Ismene as a cr…
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Skēptron in Sophocles’ Oedipvs Rex
In Sophocles’ Oedipus Coloneus , after laying hands on Antigone and Ismene, Creon ridicules Oedipus by saying these words ( OC 848–9): οὔκουν ποτ’ ἐκ τούτοιν γε μὴ σκήπτροιν ἔτι ὁδοιπορήσῃς. Then you shall never more walk with the aid of these two props! It is possible that Creon is here alluding to Oedipus’ actual appearance throughout the play. As far as we know, Oedipus comes on stage with no walking stick, and uses Antigone and Ismene as a cr…
Introduction
Reshaping the Nature of Heroes
In the second part of Book & of Quintus’ Posthomerica, Odysseus and Diomedes must momentarily abandon the battlefield and travel to the island of Lemnos in order to bring Philoctetes to Troy. During the Achaean fleet’s initial voyage towards Troy, the hero is famously abandoned on Lemnos after having been bitten by a snake. As the myth narrates, Philoctetes, an exceptional archer, is the rightful possessor of the bow of He acles, which the hero d…
Quintus of Smyrna’s 'Posthomerica
This collection offers a new collaborative reading of Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica: one of the most important Greek epics written at the height of the Roman Empire. Building on the surge of interest in imperial Greek poetry seen in the past decades, this book applies new approaches - literary, theoretical and historical - to ask new questions about this mysterious, challenging poet and to re-evaluate his role in the cultural history of his tim…
Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (1 work) · Crutch (1 work)