'More Useful and More Trustworthy': The Reception of the Greek Epic Cycle in Scholia to Homer, Pinda...
'More Useful and More Trustworthy': The Reception of the Greek Epic Cycle in Scholia to Homer, Pindar, and Euripides
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press
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This article examines the citation context of fragments from the Epic Cycle in scholia in order to re-assess its ancient reception. In contrast to negative comments like Callimachus', literary criticism in practice demonstrates that the Cycle held great authority among readers and critics. In the Homeric scholia, commentators vigorously debated whe...
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'More Useful and More Trustworthy': The Reception of the Greek Epic Cycle in Scholia to Homer, Pindar, and Euripides
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2864287293
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2864287293
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0002-9475,1086-3168
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1086-3168
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10.1353/ajp.2023.a899834
