Ilaria Andolfi, "Acusilaus of Argos’ Rhapsody in Prose: Introduction, Text, and Commentary "
English | ISBN: 3110616955 | 2019 | 202 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 3110616955 | 2019 | 202 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
This volume is a full-scale commentary on the extant fragments of Acusilaus of Argos, commonly regarded as one of the earliest Greek mythographers (VI-V cent. BCE). To encapsulate his contribution to archaic literature, his book on Genealogies is described as a "Rhapsody in Prose", that foregrounds especially the exegetical nature of his book, which rewrote the most ancient past on the basis of the most authoritative epic poems.