Michael Squire, The Iliad in a Nutshell: Visualizing Epic on the Tabulae Iliacae

Abstrakt

A detailed review essay of the new monograph by Michael Squire on the Roman ensemble of Tabulae Iliacae (The Iliadic Tables), with a special emphasis on ekphrasis or the art of description, and the inter-relations between visual arts and poetry.

Klíčová slova

• Tabulae Iliacae
• ekphrasis
• Roman reception of Greek art
• writing and visuality