published in1955.The poem “The Shield of Achilles” is Auden’s response tothe detailed description (or ekphrasis) of the shield worn by thehero Achilles in Homer’s epic “The Iliad”.
"The Shield of Achilles" is the title poem in the volume of poems entitled The Shield of Achilles, published in 1955. The lyric is divided into three parts, and each part consists of three stanzas. Thus, there are nine stanzas in all. It is a fine lyrical poem in which Auden puts th...
The Homeric description of the shield of Achilles (Iliad 18.478–608) is Western literature's earliest and most influential attempt to evoke images in words. This article examines the passage anew, demonstrating not only its paradigmatic concern with the collaborative and competing resources of word ...
Iphigenia in Delphi, a Dramatic Poem: With Homer's "Shield of Achilles," and Other Translations From the Greek My investigation into the cognitive aspects of landscape description takes as its focus the landscapes that the poet evokes on the Shield of Achilles ( Il... RA Garnett 被引量: 0...
The description of Achilles' shield in Iliad 18 is the main literary model for the ekphrasis of the shield of Aeneas in Aeneid 8. 617-731. 1) Given Vergil's penchant for multiple allusions, however, it should not surprise one to discover references also to other models, and as关键词:Verg...
Homer's treatment of the Matter of Troy illuminates the foundational impossibility of representation in ways that sponsor examination of the semiotic choices, the costs and benefits and tradeoffs, of different practices. Homer's ekphrastic description of the shield of Achilles highlights a variety of ...
This paper examines the fragments of the third century Alexandrian grammarian Agallis of Corcyra. It focuses on her interpretation of the description of Achilles' shield in the Iliad and discusses its implicit hermeneutics.doi:10.1080/00397679.2013.805907Cullhed...
A literary criticism is presented on the subject of ancient Greek epic poet Homer's description of movement and sound on the shield of the character Achilles. Topics discuss include commentaries on Homer's description by literary theorist Julius Caesar Scaliger and German writer, philosopher and ...
Cernere erat: The shield of Aeneas In Homer's Iliad Achilles needed a new shield because he lost his original armour when Patroclus was killed fighting in it. His new shield carries represen... DA West - 《Harrison》 被引量: 4发表: 1990年 ...