Metaphorisation of Myth in the Literature of the Late Republican Rome. On the Example of Endymion Cover Image

Metaforyzacja mitu w literaturze Rzymu późnorepublikańskiego. Na przykładzie Endymiona
Metaphorisation of Myth in the Literature of the Late Republican Rome. On the Example of Endymion

Author(s): Damian Pierzak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Myth; Catullus; Cicero; Endymion; metaphor; allegory; Selene; natural phenomena

Summary/Abstract: In Roman republican literature the Endymion figure, not unlike other mythical characters, carries a messagewhich becomes apparent only when properly deciphered. For that reason its meaning can be made out best bybeing looked at from a rhetorical perspective.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 77-92
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish