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"In Ilias Latina : Text, Interpretation, and Reception, the contributors approach this short poem, whose appeal and importance have not been sufficiently appreciated, from a multitude of scholarly perspectives. The challenging synthesis of the different issues shows that both a new edition and a modern literary interpretation of the poem are needed. Particularly focusing in various ways on the technique of vertere, the papers concern four main issues: the different elements of the narration, such as macro- and microstructure, single Bauformen and motifs, characters and scenes; the intertextual allusions to Homer and the texts of the Roman poetic tradition; the literary genre, the explicitly metaliterary passages and the implicit narrative and poetic choices; the medieval reception of the Ilias Latina"

Dream interpretation --- Analysis, Dream --- Dream analysis --- Dreams --- Interpretation, Dream --- Interpretation --- Epic poetry, Latin. --- Homer --- Homer. --- Ilias Latina --- Homer. - Ilias Latina

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Classicizing Christian poetry has largely been neglected by literary scholars, but has recently been receiving growing attention, especially the poetry written in Latin. One of the objectives of this volume is to redress the balance by allowing more space to discussions of Greek Christian poetry. The contributions collected here ask how Christian poets engage with (and are conscious of) the double reliance of their poetry on two separate systems: on the one hand, the classical poetic models and, on the other, the various genres and sub-genres of Christian prose. Keeping in mind the different settings of the Greek-speaking East and the Latin-speaking West, the contributions seek to understand the impact of historical setting on genre, the influence of the paideia shared by authors and audiences, and the continued relevance of traditional categories of literary genre. While our immediate focus is genre, most of the contributions also engage with the ideological ramifications of the transposition of Christian themes into classicizing literature. This volume offers important and original case studies on the reception and appropriation of the classical past and its literary forms by Christian poetry.

Christian poetry, Early --- Christian poetry, Greek --- Christian poetry, Latin --- Christian poetry. --- Christianity in literature. --- Christliche Literatur. --- Classical poetry --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- Late Antiquity. --- Literary genres. --- Reception. --- Rezeption klassischer Literatur. --- Spätantike. --- History and criticism. --- E-books