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THE PROBLEM OF UNITY IN THE NISUS-EURYALUS EPISODE (VERGILIUS, 'AENEIS' 9, 176–502) (Az egysegesseg problemaja a Nisus es Euryalus-epizodban (Vergilius, Aeneis 9, 176–502)

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Ferenczi A.
Antik Tanulmanyok (Studia Antiqua)
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2009
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vol. 53
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issue 1
45-59
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The present paper is concerned with the problem of unity through the analysis of a specific part of the 'Aeneid'. Though the story of Nisus and Euryalus has always been one of the best known episodes of Virgil's poem, the analysis of the story shows a striking diversity. The author of the study analyses the ways of breaking the epic code (a term used according to the definition by G. B. Conte) through the incorporation of the language of Roman love elegy and the notion of Greek (platonic) love. The conclusion: if the interpreter does not feel a need of proving the unity of the story and is willing to accept its apparent inconsistency, the interpretation might present a fruitful tension between the polyphonic narration of the story and the striking unisono of the rhetorically enhanced conclusion (fortunati ambo..).
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THE DAWN OF ACHILLEUS. LIGHT-SYMBOLICS IN THE 'ILIAS' AND IN STATIUS' 'ACHILLEIS'

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Kozak D.
Antik Tanulmanyok (Studia Antiqua)
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2008
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vol. 52
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issue 2
197-214
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All three descriptions of dawn in Statius' 'Achilleis' (1. 242-245; 1. 819-820; 2. 1-4) are tightly connected to the 'metamorphoses' of Achilles in the poem. These passages also recall the dawn opening 'Ilias' 19, and the Homeric system of metaphors and symbols comparing the hero's return to battle to the arrival of light and dawn. A particularly complex connection between Achilles' exposure and sunrise is established in the third Statian passage under discussion, which can also be interpreted as a possible prediction of Achilles' future as epic and elegiac hero. The 'genitor coruscae lucis' mentioned in this passage can be identified as Iuppiter/Dispiter; as a consequence, the description sheds some light on the god's role in the 'Achilleis' as well.
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THE RHETOR-POET AND THE GOD APPARATUS (A szonok kolto es az istenapparatus)

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Nagyilles J.
Antik Tanulmanyok (Studia Antiqua)
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2009
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vol. 53
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issue 2
219-237
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A typical characteristic of the epic technique of Lucanus is the lack of god apparatus. In the last century several explanations on this phenomenon were born. Many of them do not really speak about the lack of the god apparatus, but rather about the way the author uses in this transcendent aspect of the epic narrative, rather the totally impersonal 'fatum', sometimes philosophically ('fortuna'), sometimes 'Fortuna' as a divinity instead the traditional gods. Modern theories explain the phenomenon with the novelty of Lucanus' poetic perspective. The lack of the god apparatus though is only one of those symptoms which all can be interpreted via rhetoric work methods, meeting the rules of rhetoric 'narratio'.
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