Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.31.2, pp. 948-984
 
Virgil and the Hellenistic Epic
by Ward W. Briggs, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina

Contents

I. Background

948

II. Callimachus

950

III. Apollonius

952

IV. Virgil

953

1. The 'Eclogues'

953

2. The 'Georgics'

955

3. The 'Aeneid' and Apollonius

958

a) Medea-Dido

959

b) Bees

970

c) Light Effects

971

d) Other Reminiscences

973

V. Conclusions

978
Bibliography 981
ICT
ISCT
IJCT
ABCT
 
 
 College of Arts & Science
Boston University
 
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