<< forwarded by listowner, David Wilson-Okamura >> Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 19:29:49 -0600 From: "Bruce R. Magee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's not a distraction; it's an ekphrasis! The idea of the ekphrasis of the shield goes back to Homer, of course, and description of Achilles' shield. You might read Auerbach's _Odysseus' Scar_ for an explanation of why Homer stops the narration to give in-depth descriptions of other things. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
