Visualizing the impossible: the wandering landscape in the Delos Hymn of Callimachus

The Delos Hymn of Callimachus presents one of antiquity’s most astonishing descriptions of personified landscape. This article addresses two aspects of Callimachus’ almost surrealistic representation. First, I look in some detail at conventions and concepts from earli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacqueline Klooster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ENS Éditions 2012-07-01
Series:Aitia : Regards sur la Culture Hellénistique au XXIe Siècle
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/aitia/420