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epyllion [ɪˈpɪlɪən] n pl -lia [-lɪə] (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a miniature epic [from Greek, diminutive of epos] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The epyllion with which the Georgics concludes uses Cyrene as a means of testing didactic writing, and sets up problems that would ultimately challenge the assumptions and practices of the humanist editors, commentators, and illustrators who guided the poem into print. The epyllion on Niobe, meanwhile, extends the action across centuries and continents, showing another of Wheatley's epic Others in her own struggle for recognition. Her examination of red and white as physical representations of male beauty and of suffering in Shakespeare's epyllion forms an interesting parallel with Lanyer's portrayal of the beauty of a dying male figure, transforming the physical detail of Adonis's blood into the metaphysical depiction of Christ's suffering body and blood on the cross. |
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