The Literary Progeny of Sappho's Fawns
Simias' Egg (AP 15.27.13-20) and Theocritus 30.18
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10289130 |
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| Authors | Julián Víctor Méndez Dosuna (0000-0003-1796-516X, Universidad de Salamanca, corresponding author), Julián Méndez Dosuna (1Universidad de Salamanca, Departamento de Filología Clásica e Indoeuropeo, Plaza de Anaya s/n, 37001 Salamanca, Spain;, Email: [email protected]) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 192-206 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mnemosyne (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-7074 • E-ISSN: 1568-525X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852508x252830 |
| OpenAlex | W1998387536 |
| Language | EN |
This paper analyses two deer similes by Simias and Theocritus that depend directly on a simile found in the New Sappho. Both passages confirm the interpretation of Sappho's simile as a case of so-called 'compendious comparison'. In turn, the New Sappho sheds new light on the texts of Simias and Theocritus. Simias' simile finds also resonances in two short similes in Id. 13.62-3 and Id. 18.41-2. This is possibly a literary tribute of Theocritus to Simias as his 'bucolic' predecessor
Art · Art history · Literature · Metaphor · Simile · Theology · Tribute · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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