Wakefield Foster
Biographic Data
| ID | 5660054 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wakefield Foster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wakefield |
| FAMILY NAME | Foster |
| SIGNATURE | FOSTER W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Madness, Pity, and Echoes of Epic in Catullus 63
Catullus’ Attis is known as a figure of devotion and delusion, a zealot who castrates himself as an offering to Cybele, regrets his actions too late, and is condemned to lifelong exile and servitude. This paper argues that traditional oral-epic thematic and phraseological design in 63 provides an epic-like setting for a poem about a eunuch that begins in the realm of myth, where Attis is portrayed as an eccentric, though benign, convert to foreig…
Madness, Pity, and Echoes of Epic in Catullus 63
Catullus’ Attis is known as a figure of devotion and delusion, a zealot who castrates himself as an offering to Cybele, regrets his actions too late, and is condemned to lifelong exile and servitude. This paper argues that traditional oral-epic thematic and phraseological design in 63 provides an epic-like setting for a poem about a eunuch that begins in the realm of myth, where Attis is portrayed as an eccentric, though benign, convert to foreig…
Madness, Pity, and Echoes of Epic in Catullus 63
Catullus’ Attis is known as a figure of devotion and delusion, a zealot who castrates himself as an offering to Cybele, regrets his actions too late, and is condemned to lifelong exile and servitude. This paper argues that traditional oral-epic thematic and phraseological design in 63 provides an epic-like setting for a poem about a eunuch that begins in the realm of myth, where Attis is portrayed as an eccentric, though benign, convert to foreig…
Art (1 work) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 work) · EPIC (1 work) · Focus (optics (1 work) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Mythology (1 work) · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods (1 work)